As many of you may have heard, there are lots of things going on at the MEC level right now that may cause some talk among us all, and maybe even some hard feelings between various factions/folks.

The 4-day ALPA Accident Investigation Course will be held in Herndon, VA from April 10-13, 2012. Any current FedEx ALPA safety committee volunteer who has completed ALPA's Basic Safety School is eligible to attend.

From March 2012 (new-build aircraft), Aircraft operating into European Union airspace will be required to have TCAS II V7.1 installed. Retrofit of older aircraft must be completed before 1 December 2015. While substantially similar to v7.0, Version 7.1 introduces a new “level off” RA designed to eliminate the potential for confusion or misunderstandings created by the existing “adjust vertical ... Read More...

  On February 9, 2012 , Canada will implement SID / STAR phraseology requiring aircraft to comply with published SID / STAR altitude restrictions unless specifically cancelled by ATC . This change differs from FAA procedures outlined in AIM 4-4-10g which states that any new altitude clearance cancels any previous altitude restriction unless that restriction is restated. Read More...

  A study presented at the October meeting of the ICAO North Atlantic Scrutiny Group (SG/5) has revealed that a significant number of lateral deviations on the North Atlantic were due to a misunderstanding of weather deviation procedures by pilots. Clearly this presents a potential for loss of separation events; especially when a large number of aircraft divert from track to avoid build-ups of ... Read More...

The FAA has posted a Flight Advisory alerting pilots flying in much of the Southeast portion of the U.S. that GPS interference testing will take place for twelve days beginning December 1. The agency says the testing may result in unreliable or unavailable GPS signal. Read More...