Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Act of 2010

President Barrack Obama signed PL 111-216 on August 1, 2010 and is supposedly take effect either in August or September of 2013.  The Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Act of 2010.  The main purpose for this law being passed is because of Colgan Flight 3407 that happened on February 12, 2009 in Clarence Water, New York.  This law that President Obama passed has two parts.  Title one: Airport and Airway Extension which is broken down into several sections. Section 102 Extension of Airport and Airway Trust Fund Expenditure authority, Section 105 FAA operations, Section 106 Air Navigation Facilities and equipment, and Section 107 Research, engineering, and development.  Title two: Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement which consists of more sections and goes more in depth and deals with, Section 203 FAA pilot records database, Section 205 Aviation Safety Inspectors and Operation Research Analysts, Section 209 FAA rule-making on training programs, and Section 211 Safety inspections of regional air carriers.  These are just some of the sections from both titles that's being stated within the law.  If you would like to find out more information about PL 111-216 click here.

For me being on the management side of aviation I can see this law having an effect on my aviation career in a more stressful way.  With all these sections being enforced under each of these titles working for the FAA to update these regulations and revise them would not be the easiest thing.  Section 203 under title two FAA pilot records database is broken down into many sub-parts.  Working as a Human Resource personal within the aviation field and trying to keep record of each pilot information needed would be a huge responsibility.

From my perspective I think this can have an effect on EMU's future in flight training for those students who plan on pursuing their career flying for a 121 domestic air carrier.  In today's domestic air carrier a first officer could have a minimum of 250 hours of flying.  With this ATP certificate which sets the flight hour requirements to over a 1000 hours which is a lot higher then normal standards it can impact a student attending a four year college whose trying to become a pilot.  AOPA has an artical that elaborates on proposed first officer requirements and talks about the pilots training, eligibility and qualifications without having a negative impact on the general aviation side.  I personally think that if this law was to be passed by next year it would mainly impact the students who want to pursue their career's within the 121 domestic air carrier more so than the general aviation.  

Global Aviation Safety

Ever since the tragedy that happened to the U.S. on September 11, 2001 the aviation industry has not been the same.  In today's industry we can ask ourselves how can we better or safety and security standards.  The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is an organization that addresses to enhance global aviation safety with these four activities: (1) Safety Analysis, (2) Policy and Standardization Initiatives, (3) Implementing Programs to Address Safety Issues, (4) Monitoring of key safety trends and indicators.

One of the main reason's I believe the U.S. sets their aviation safety and security so high from the rest of the world is because of the FAA.  With all the rules and regulations that the Air Carriers have to comply with it is much a higher standard then the rest of the world. Since other countries operate under the regulations of ICAO which is set at a bare minimum, ICAO has decided to higher the standards so that the government of the other countries should meet.

ICAO had published a report which shows the accident rates by UN region.  Of the six regions Asia has the highest annual growth rate in air traffic. There was a total of 121 accidents within the six regions 19 being fatal accidents and 707 fatalities.  Asia totaled for twenty percent of the accidents. Of those twenty percent accidents they had the most fatal accidents and fatalities which was the highest of all regions.  North America had 35 accidents but of the 35 neither one was a fatal accidents or had any fatalities.

In my perspective even though the U.S accounted for the most accidents what really matter's is neither were fatal or had fatalities.  With the U.S. operating and following the rules and regulations of the FAA is what sets them apart from all other countries.  I think with ICAO raising the bare minimum standards for the other countries it forces the governments of each country to meet the standards.  With each country practicing more safety regulations it can open up more job opportunities for the people to come up with these rules and to imply them. 

Intro Blog

Hello everyone my name is Mohamed Hussein.  I'm a currently a senior at Eastern Michigan and I'm going into my final two semesters.  I also am the only student in the class that's on the management side while all others are on the more exciting part of aviation which is flight  I enrolled into Eastern Michigan Aviation program about two years ago.  Before I enrolled into the Aviation program at Eastern I had zero knowledge about aviation all I knew was how broad the industry was.

My  interest for aviation grows more and more as each day passes.  Before starting at Eastern I had zero knowledge about aviation but throughout each semester I've learned a lot.One of the many reasons I chose to study aviation was my cousin.  He graduated from Eastern about ten years ago earning his degree in aviation management and he is currently employed at DTW with Delta Airline as an upper management position.  

I currently got a job with Delta Airline as customer service agent (CSA) and gate agent.  The job was supposed to be a seasonal job throughout the summer but I was able to become a ready reserve which I am super excited and lucky to have earned.  I've always had interest in working at the airport and with me earning a job with Delta Airline is a great way for me to social network and jump start my career until I graduate.  My plan once I earn my degree is to continue with Delta and to one day to have an upper management position.