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Use Your Flight Data to Monitor Engine Health
(Note: This article was originally published on May 30, 2022). Aircraft engines are expensive. They are expensive to purchase and expensive to maintain. Aircraft operators and leasing companies are always looking for ways to reduce engine maintenance costs without...
What is a FRED File and why is it so Important?
(Note: This is an update to an article originally published on July 28, 2022) As I was going over the list of blogs we have written recently, I was somewhat surprised that we have not spent much time on the FRED file, or the parameter data map. It was surprising...
Runway Overruns
(Note: This article was originally published on November 17, 2022). The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) released its annual safety watchlist late last month. If you want to see the full list, I've included a link here: Watchlist 2022. The TSB, like the...
Flight Data Monitoring: Why Don’t We Just Go Around?
I was recently reviewing the NTSB’s Accident Report from the Cessna Citation crash involving Dale Earnhardt Jr. and my immediate reaction was, “Not again. Here's another catastrophic unstable approach that may have been prevented...
Flight Data Monitoring: Data De-Identification
Learn about the safeguards that are in place to protect the identity of flight crew in the typical Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) or FOQA program.
FOQA and Flight Data Monitoring Series Part 1: Introduction to FOQA
Part 1 of a multi-part series outlining some of the basics of the typical Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) or Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) program.
The Top 5 FOQA/Flight Data Monitoring Myths
At Scaled Analytics, we have been working with flight data in general, and Flight Data Monitoring Programs in particular long enough to see a pattern in the questions we are routinely asked. Whether you operate an airline, business jet or helicopter and whether you...
FDM/FOQA Software vs. Service – What’s Best?
Operators today have two main options for running a Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) or Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) program. They can choose to purchase software, install it on their own computer hardware and then operate the software themselves. This is...
Scaled Analytics Featured in Aviation News Journal
Can Flight Data Monitoring Work for You? Analyzing or monitoring flight data is not a new concept, but it is surprising just how many misconceptions and myths there are regarding this remarkably important tool, especially now that modern technology has made it more...
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