Flight Data Monitoring and FOQA: Data De-Identification

Flight Data Monitoring and FOQA: Data De-Identification

(Note: This article was originally published on October 28, 2020). One of the biggest and most frequent concerns that we hear from operators and pilots that may be new to Flight Data Monitoring or FOQA programs is how we protect the identity of the crew. If you have...
Flight Data Monitoring and FOQA: Why don’t We Just Go Around?

Flight Data Monitoring and FOQA: Why don’t We Just Go Around?

(Note: This article was originally published on October 29, 2020). 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...
Top 5 FOQA/Flight Data Monitoring Myths

Top 5 FOQA/Flight Data Monitoring Myths

(Note: This article was originally published on October 29, 2020). 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...
Introduction to Flight Data Monitoring and FOQA

Introduction to Flight Data Monitoring and FOQA

(Note: This article was originally published on November 12, 2020). Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) is certainly nothing new, but as its safety benefits continue to become more realized, this recommended practice is quickly becoming mandatory in some parts of the world....
Flight Data Monitoring and FOQA: Flight Data Recorders

Flight Data Monitoring and FOQA: Flight Data Recorders

(Note: This article was originally published on December 4, 2020). Introduction In an earlier post, we took a high level look at the main parts of a Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) or Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) program. In this post, we’ll take a...