July 30, 2015

Malaysia370: Still a tragic accident and nothing more

My feeling is that the Boeing 777 then meandered out aimlessly over the ocean with its dead pilots till its fuel was exhausted.  It was a tragic accident, not a conspiracy or crime.  They turned left to come home, not to flee, steal, or mur...

December 30, 2014

Air Asia 8501. When will we learn?

It is becoming clear that the probable fate of Air Asia 8501 is that it is at the bottom of the ocean after losing controllability at high altitude in heavy thunderstorm activity. Fair enough, except none of those things should have made the least...

March 19, 2014

Malaysia 370: A Tragic Accident (and Nothing More)

It’s slowly becoming clear that Malaysia 370 was a tragic accident, and not one of the numerous terrorist or crime scenarios doing the rounds. As a retired international airline captain, I have felt for some time that the known flight profil...

May 28, 2011

Over-reliance on auto-pilot operation can lead to disasters like Air France

I believe the current airline training policy of over reliance on autopilot operation has seriously degraded pilot skills.I recently retired as a Boeing 747 Captain after a 34 year military and civil aviation career. My career straddled an era of rap...