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Flight Data Monitoring Works – If You Use It
(Note: This article was originally published on January 19, 2022). I recently produced a report that illustrates how a Flight Data Monitoring program could have easily paid for itself by preventing a costly runway overrun. It is not a technical engineering report but...
5 Tips for Flight Data Monitoring/FOQA Charts and Graphs
(Note: This article was originally published on February 18, 2022). One of my frustrations when looking at data - whether part of Flight Data Monitoring or just in the media - is the use of ugly, confusing or, worst of all, misleading charts and graphs. In most cases,...
Interview with a Flight Data Analyst
(Note: This article was originally published on August 23, 2021). In this blog, we sat down with our manager of Flight Data Analysis Services, Lisa Bozec, and asked her a few questions about building a successful career as a Flight Data Analyst. Lisa has had quite the...
FDM and FOQA Software: More Expensive does not Mean Better
(Note: This article was originally published on April 13, 2022). A common occurrence that we see here at Scaled Analytics is a Requests For Proposals (RFPs) from larger airlines. The typical scenario is that they have been using a legacy Flight Data Monitoring...
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.
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