Your FDM Program is Missing Half the Picture

Flight Data Monitoring has always excelled at answering what happened. But for safety teams and flight crews trying to understand why it happened — and more importantly, what it felt like in the moment — data plots and parameter traces have always left something to be...

Geofencing in FDM: Turning Flight Data into Spatial Insight

This article accompanies our video that discusses how our new Geofencing feature in Sky Analyst FDM opens up new capabilities in Flight Data Monitoring. You want watch the video below. Modern aircraft operations take place in increasingly complex airspace environments...

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...

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...

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...