ARINC 767 or, “What Do You Mean My B787 Uses 767 Data?”

(Note: This article was originally published on April 19, 2021). I am going to start this blog off with a warning: it might be too technical for some. But there is a relatively new format for storing data on aircraft fight recorders and it is referred to as the ARINC...

What is a Flight Data Monitoring or FOQA Event?

(Note: This article was originally published on April 26, 2021). The core component of any Flight Data Monitoring or FOQA program is the “Event”. Some may also refer to it as an “Exceedance” or “Deviation”, but no matter the term,...

Safety First? Whose Data is it Anyway?

(Note: This article was originally published on May 5, 2021). At Scaled Analytics (and even at my previous employers), I always told customers that THEY own the flight data that comes off of their aircraft. Today, I am no longer so sure. This blog is a bit of a...

Bad Flight Data – Part 2

(Note: This article was originally published on June 15, 2021). In our last blog, we looked at some examples of “bad data” and its sources. Now let’s take a look at some of the ways that we can deal with bad data so it does not become an excessive...

Bad Flight Data – Part 1

(Note: This article was originally published on May 21, 2021). I always used to chuckle when I started working with software developers that would sometimes blame issues in the software on “Bad Data”. I would picture a bunch of 1s and Zeros lurking in the...

Understanding the Accuracy of Flight Data

(Note: This article was originally published on July 9, 2021). In my last post, I looked at “bad data” and some of the ways that we could deal with it. In this post, I would like to take a look at some of the “limitations” of flight data and...