Cheap, crude, "improvised explosive devices" are one of the big
innovations to come of age in the war against terrorism. Now, model
aircraft technology is apparently providing would-be terrorists
with a airborne equivalent to IEDs.
This site is devoted to the various systems used by the US
military aviation to designate all types of equipment. They try to
provide thorough explanations of the designation systems, while
avoiding all the "red tape" included in the official standards
documents, which tends to obscure the details relevant to the
aviation enthusiast.
"Although immunity provisions are a safety industry
standard adopted by such lauded programs as the NASA Safety
Reporting System, USAPA believes US Airways' insistence on diluting
these provisions has rendered them effectively useless. The program
was originally scheduled to lapse in early 2008 but had been
extended repeatedly by USAPA in an attempt to reconcile
disagreements regarding the diluted immunity
provision."
Source: From a statement by the US Airline
Pilots Association, announcing that pilots at US Airways will no
longer participate in the FAA's Aviation Safety Action Program.
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