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Have you ever had an aviation or business problem that you needed to solve, but you didn't even know you had the problem till sombody pointed it out? Well, we are here to help. So, each week I'll post something that is useful, even if you don't have that particular problem just yet. Drop us a note. Maybe we can share your problem with someone else in an effort to keep their feet dry.
VIOLATION BUST BY THE FAA: Here is your "Get Out Of Jail Free" card. Well not quite, but it's a move in the right direction. Most FAA violation result from poor planning rather than benign error, so this solution won't always help, but sometimes it will help you avoid getting your pilots license suspended. This also includes dispatchers, air crew, mechanics, etc. At very least, it will help others in that the Aviation Safety Reporting System strives to compile mistakes that we all make so as to make aviation safer for all of us.. Why waste your time reading. Just click here to be taken to the ASRS site where you can read the details and complete the form, if necessary. By the way, when you get into trouble, right after you fill in the ASRS form, give us a call next.
Advice before you need it
Warsaw Convention - A Brief Explanation
No, it's not anything like the NBAA convention, nor an AOPA convention. It's much different. It’s one of those phrases that we seem to come across all the time and yet have managed to get by in life without knowing anything about it. Time to fill that knowledge gap! The Warsaw Convention - and you could probably guess this first bit - was a convention that took place in Warsaw, on 12th October 1929. Experts in the field of Aviation Law, from thirty one nations, arrived in the Polish capital to create a legal framework that still binds international aviation today (albeit modified, most notable at the Hague in 1955 and Montreal 1999).The principal purpose of the Warsaw Convention was to determine the liability of air carriers in the case of an accident, both in regards to passengers and also baggage and cargo. One of the main reasons that the Warsaw Convention needed amending in Montreal was because the maximum compensation that an airline could be forced to pay in the event of an international accident was 75,000 US dollars (for the death of one person). This limit, set to protect a fledging aviation industry from bankruptcy, has now been changed, so that the minimum a bereaved family can claim, without having to prove the airline’s negligence, is 135,000 dollars. If the carrier is found at fault for the accident... Well, then the sky’s the limit!If you are interested in seeing how a Warsaw Convention case plays out, here is one authored by the U.S. Supreme Court and Sandra Day O'Conner. So, keep this in mind on your next international trip.BEWARE. IT'S YOUR ASSET ON THE LINE;
My family has always thought me weird because I am interested in reading NTSB accident reports. I don't think I'm weird, but then again, I'm a pilot too, I know that only through understanding, can we find prevention. All over the world, accidents are viewed differently. You need to know before you go.
