Flight Safety Foundation Flight Safety Digest 1990

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December 1990

The Importance of Training In Aviation’s Future 16 pages. [PDF 121K]

Stimulation of international exchange of information is needed to develop new methods of training to help improve safety.

November 1990

Reviewing Aviation Safety in Japan 20 pages. [PDF 161K]

Efforts to improve the accident record will benefit from a reduction in the stresses that affect flight crew members.

October 1990

Civil Aviation and the Aircraft Bomb 22 pages. [PDF 163K]

Sophisticated incendiary devices have become terrorists’ favored means of gaining their sinister objectives.

September 1990

Dangerous Goods and Air Safety 22 pages. [PDF 159K]

The list of dangerous goods that may be carried by air is growing at a rate that makes it difficult for shipper and carrier alike to keep abreast of safe methods of storage and handling.

August 1990

The Practice of Aviation Safety. Observations from Flight Safety Foundations Safety Audits. 53 pages. [PDF 329K]

The Practice of Aviation Safety shares, in a nonattributive manner, some of the Foundation's accumulated audit experience acquired from 60 audits conducted worldwide during the past decade, from small corporate aviation operations to large international air carriers. The dimensions of both internal self-audits and external independent audits, including general guidelines for conducting them, are also addressed.

July 1990

Special Supplement: European Operations in the ’90s. Proceedings of the 2nd Annual European Corporate and Regional Aircraft Operators’ Safety Seminar.

136 pages. This issue is no longer available.

June 1990

Today’s Professional Airline Pilot: All the Old Skills — and More 21 pages. [PDF 131K]

Improved cockpit management and coordination can help reduce crew-related accidents caused by a failure to follow established rules and procedures.

May 1990

How Effective is Cockpit Resource Management Training? 25 pages. [PDF 127K]

Exploring issues in evaluating the impact of programs to enhance crew coordination.

April 1990

Radical Right Terrorists vs. Radical Left Terrorists: Their Theory and Threat 17 pages. [PDF 73K]

Examination of activities and membership of several terrorist groups can lead to an indication of what to expect.

March 1990

Preparing for the Unexpected: A Psychologist’s Case for Improved Training 20 pages. [PDF 86K]

Although design and automation help reduce human error incidents and accidents, training shortcomings must be corrected to enhance crew performance improvements.

February 1990

Training the Entire Flight Department 16 pages. [PDF 67K]

The ever-increasing sophistication of machines and procedures requires an integrated approach to impress on all employees that safety of flight is the overriding concern of those who use air transportation.

January 1990

The Future of the Civil Aviation System 16 pages. [PDF 67K]

Recent events, including terrorist attacks, airframe failures and labor-management strife, combine to make civil aviation one of the country’s most pressing priorities, says a group of aviation leaders.