Monthly Archives: May 2011

Aviation Safety Culture : Don’t shoot the piano player

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Steve

   Once again, in connection with the 2009 Air France AF447 Rio to Paris flight, there have been some lousy finger-pointing exercises. For some reason, each time a new possible clue or fact leaks from the ongoing analysis of the precious recovered black boxes, … Continue reading →

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Protected: Aerodrome Hopping and Contemplative Flying around Ottawa

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Steve

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Rio to Paris AF447 tragedy: black boxes retrieved and readable. What next?

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Steve

   The Cockpit Voice Recorder and the Flight Data recorder, a.k.a: “the black boxes” (so called despite their orange colour) have been recovered nearly two years after Air France flight AF447 from Rio to Paris went down for unknown reasons … Continue reading →

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