Sector: Aviation
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CHIRP bids farewell to Phil Young
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Phil Young, CHIRP’s Engineering Programme Manager for the past five years is retiring. Phil joined CHIRP as the Engineering Programme Manager in October 2020 with the responsibility of responding to all engineering and ground handling and security reports. Phil started his career as an apprentice in manufacturing (Concorde, Brooklands). Worked at Heathrow twice, for a…
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What Could I Learn About Human Factors From This?
Fuel Starvation – impossible, or not… In November 2021, a Canadian DHC6 on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Yellowknife to Fort Simpson departed with insufficient fuel and without the crew checking the fuel quantity on board. Before start and throughout the flight, there were numerous opportunities to identify the mistake and rectify the problem…