Nearly one out of every four motor vehicles crashes involve cell phone use. 62% of drivers recognize that talking on a cell phone is a very serious threat to their personal safety. Yet more then two out of three drivers admit to talking on their cell phone in the past month. Why the disconnect? It’s…
Category: Safety
Overexertion
Overexertion is the third leading cause of unintentional injuries in the United States, accounting for about 3.3 million emergency room visits. Whether at work or home, you can take steps to prevent overexertion. Working in an awkward posture can place too much stress on the wrong part of your body. Place objects as close to…
Safety Tip of the Week
We see emergency rescue personnel use a seat belt cutter to remove an injured child hanging from his infant car seat in an upside down, wrecked vehicle in flames. Museum staffers easily remove hundreds of layers of plastic wrapping from historic antiques arriving for an exhibit with a hook knife, or bakers open bags of…
FAA Safety Team | Safer Skies Through Education
FAASTeam Maintenance Safety Tip May 2011 Working to Your Limit 14 CFR Part 121.377 — Maintenance and preventive maintenance personnel duty time limitations, says: Within the United States, each certificate holder (or person performing maintenance or preventive maintenance functions for it) shall relieve each person performing maintenance or preventive maintenance from duty…
FAASTeam Maintenance Safety Tip April 2011
Maintenance Safety Tip Notice Number: NOTC2911 Hardware Over the years, I have come into contact with many different types of aircraft hardware. Someone who is newer to the trade or a layman might think that what they are looking at is just a bolt or nut. That statement, as you know, could not be further…
NTSB Reports Flaws In 737 Rivets
While the NTSB update was purely factual, with no analysis, The New York Times said that according to experts, the findings may reveal manufacturing defects. “It means the assembly was wrong, it means the wrong tools were used, it means they were careless in drilling the holes, and maybe the drill was dull,” John J.…
Duty Time Limit and FAR 121.377
Many members have asked about Duty Time Limits and a letter of interpretation that has been passed around the airline system, hangar and shop floor. The actual regulation states that a mechanic must have rest of a least 24 hours during any seven consecutive days or the equivalent within any one calendar month (four 24-hour…
Recent aircraft incidents have focused the public’s attention on: Is my plane safe? Good Question.
Washington DC – A new report from the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) highlights significant gaps in the safety and security of aircraft maintenance performed in outsourced repair facilities in the U.S. and overseas. The study, Who’s Fixing My Plane: Aircraft Maintenance in America? is based on a review of government audits and industry…
Why American Airlines doesn’t tout its maintenance work
BY MITCHELL SCHNURMAN mschnurman@star-telegram.com With all its red ink and union problems, American Airlines doesn’t have a lot to brag about. But in one category, it’s far and away the industry leader: doing its own maintenance on airplanes. This sounds so fundamental to running an airline that customers may be surprised to learn that carriers…
TWU report highlights gaps in security, safety of aircraft maintenance…
Background checks, drug screening, not consistent for mechanics working on U.S. aircraft; Many U.S. carriers, even some with 100 percent domestic routes, are now sending planes overseas to thinly regulated facilities for major overhaul Washington DC – A new report from the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) highlights significant gaps in the safety and…