National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Steve Chealander
held a news conference at 4 pm Saturday, releasing more details
surrounding
Thursday evening's crash of Continental Connection flight
3407 into a Clarence Center, NY home while on approach
to Buffalo Niagara International Airport.
Agency Says Numerous ADs And SAFOs Increased Air Safety In
Recent Years
In the wake of Thursday's crash of
Continental Connection flight 3407 into a
Buffalo, NY suburb, and in particular the speculation regarding the
role icing may have played in the tragedy, the Federal Aviation
Administration on Friday released a summary of numerous
short-and long-term safety actions it has taken over the past 15
years to improve safety of aircraft that encounter icing conditions
on the ground and in flight.
It's Possible To Be 'Professional And Polite And Still Get The
Job Done'
The initial system-wide training of Engage! - a mandatory skills
training program for all TSA workers - will be complete in a few
weeks. The idea is to open the eyes of screeners to the philosophy
that it's possible to be "professional and polite, and still get
the job done."
Consortium Of Carriers Says Industry Needs To Be Included In UN
Climate Change Talks
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change statistics show that
the air transport industry causes only about two percent of CO2
emissions worldwide. Apparently such a small slice of the pie
wasn't deemed significant enough to include in the previous global
emissions agreement, the Kyoto Protocol.
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