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...

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 with an effective Flight Data...

Is it ‘Really’ Time for FDR/CVR Streaming?

With every new plane crash, it seems like clockwork that people start calling for “real time data monitoring” or “real time FDR/CVR streaming”. This discussion is nothing new. It was common when I started working with flight data more than 15 years ago and my mentors...

Introducing Sky Analyst AOG

Scaled Analytics is pleased to announce the launch of our self-serve AOG data analysis service, Sky Analyst AOG. Aircraft operators can utilize this service 24/7 to review their flight data within minutes of uploading it to our cloud based service from anywhere in the...

How Will They Recover Data From THAT?

It has been a year now since I started my own Flight Data Analysis company. While it has been a great year building a company around something I am passionate about, it has not been a great year for high profile aircraft accidents – exactly the thing companies...

Do You Trust Your Data Monitoring Program?

Recently, I switched insurance companies for my home and auto insurance. This is a pretty mundane type of thing, but what was interesting for me was that at one point my agent asked me if I would be interested in equipping my vehicle with a “black box” that would...