Checking Shoes and Hats

For those who may not know, I've been working in the local UAL flight office lately. At least for the months of October and November. You may remember that I worked there back in 2008 & 9.
  
Well its been quite a time getting back into the culture of working in an office again, but I've enjoyed it tremendiously. And this was no exception, with working on making sure pilots complete training that has been required due to the merger with CAL. Its all the New United now, so maybe we are on our way to becoming a great airline again.  The only problem with working in the office that I have less time to write.

Anyway, I've been inspried by my friend the NSEG who has started a blog as well, to mabe change the direction of my blog. So far I think he's putting out a more interesting bolg than myself at this point. So maybe I should talk more about Safety with Fun stuff. 

Looking for some comments on that. 

Safety official says naps on job could benefit air-traffic workers

Safety official says naps on job could benefit air-traffic workers

Airlines still a potential Target

A potential hijacker on an Alitalia flight was overpowered by members of the cabin crew together with other passengers, after apparently holding a knife to a flight attendant.

The incident on Sunday night, took place on a scheduled flight from Paris to Rome operated by one of the airline’s MD80s.

The hijacker, described as a Kazakh diplomat working for UNESCO, had demanded that the flight be diverted to Tripoli.

The aircraft landed safely at Rome’s Fiumicino airport where the man was handed over to police.

The female flight attendant was treated at the airport for minor injuries. No one else was hurt.

Fake Pilots Licences

India revokes licences of 14 'fake pilots'

The licences of 14 pilots have been revoked by India's aviation authorities as they were allegedly proved to be flying with fake documents.

A police probe found a flying club had issued "fake records" of their training sessions, India's civil aviation chief, Bharat Bhushan, told the BBC.

Is this a systemic problem throughout the world; do we have possibly some schools in the US doing the same thing? What's your opinion?     

Pilot Fatigue

Just read some interesting articles on how Pilots should be countering the symptoms of fatigue, but nothing on reforming the root causes of how pilots are getting fatigued. Will that really be addressed in the new Flight Time Duty regulations?