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FAA Issues STC to GA-FDM Teaming Partner, Alaka’i Technologies

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FAA Certifies Alakai Technologies’ Flight Data Monitoring System on AS350 Helicopters Smart system records, analyzes, and automatically reports FDM results for operators Hopkinton, MA, February 2, 2011 – Alakai Technologies announced today that the Federal Aviation Administration issued a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for installation of Alakai’s digital Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) [...]

IS-BAO for Helicopters – Expected Spring of 2011 and other ISBAO/SMS news

IS-BAO Auditor Newsletter (Excerpts) November 2010 IS-BAO for Helicopters The helicopter community has expressed a desire to use the IS-BAO as the safety standard for that sector and to that end an Agreement has been signed between IBAC and three of the largest helicopter association (HAI, BHA, EHA) to develop a Helicopter Edition (HE) of IS-BAO.  The proposal is [...]

ACH FDM and SMS programs featured in ProPilot Magazine

Dedicated HEMS operation uses integrated SMS and FAA-approved FOQA program to provide safe patient transport to advanced care facility. Click above to open this blog and follow the link to the ProPilot – online edition

IS-BAO Auditor Newsletter

The following excerpt from the IS-BAO Auditor Newsletter demonstrates the acceptance the IS-BAO is gaining. CAPACG is encouraged by the growing number of flight departments that are incorporating the IS-BAO. IS-BAO Auditor Newsletter July 2010 (excerpt) “Audits Flowing In Since the beginning of the year more than 120 IS-BAO audits at all stages have been processed. Our [...]

ASIAS – The FAA does a nice job with this informative post

Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS) System The Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS) system connects 46 safety databases across the industry and is integrated into the Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST) process. ASIAS has evolved to the point that ASIAS now has access to Flight Operations Quality Assurance(FOQA) programs from 12 operators [...]