Flight Data Monitoring and FOQA: Analyzing the Data

Flight Data Monitoring and FOQA: Analyzing the Data

(Note: This article was originally published on December 9, 2020). In our Introduction to Flight Data Monitoring article, we took a high level look at what a Flight Data Monitoring or FOQA program is. Then we went into a little more detail looking at the modern...
How Will They Recover Data from That?

How Will They Recover Data from That?

(Note: This article was originally published on January 15, 2021). A few years ago, I posted an article on LinkedIn that gave a glimpse into how data is recovered from damaged flight data recorders. That was around the time of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines...
Why You Should KISS Your Flight Data Monitoring/FOQA Program

Why You Should KISS Your Flight Data Monitoring/FOQA Program

(Note: This article was originally published on April 6, 2021). Years ago, while I was working in Flight Testing, I had a discussion with another engineer (a very brilliant engineer, in fact) regarding the collection of positional data (GPS latitude and longitude)...
What is a Flight Data Monitoring or FOQA Event?

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?

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

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...