Crash Trends

Looks like the 2005 Nall report won't be as upbeat. YTD August #s looking
pretty bad for GA, and that's before what seems a pretty bad September.

The AOPA spinners will have to work hard on next year to keep the rose
colored glasses tinted.

http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/curr_mo.txt

"Skylune" wrote in message
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Looks like the 2005 Nall report won't be as upbeat. YTD August #s
looking
pretty bad for GA, and that's before what seems a pretty bad September.

The AOPA spinners will have to work hard on next year to keep the rose
colored glasses tinted.

http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/curr_mo.txt

Until you normalize according to the number of hours flown, you don't know
if the accident rate has increased, decreased, or stayed the same.

--Gary

I've always wondered why the FAA doesn't track hours flown. It should be as
simple as having every IA report the total hours since the last annual on
every aircraft they inspect.


"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
...

Until you normalize according to the number of hours flown, you don't know
if the accident rate has increased, decreased, or stayed the same.

--Gary

Steve Foley wrote:

I've always wondered why the FAA doesn't track hours flown.

They do. They ask at every medical exam.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

I might be wrong on this, but don't they also "ask" if you are taking
illegal drugs, are an alcoholic, or take proscribed medications (like
anti-depressants)? I'll ask my buddy who flies out of ISP, but I don't
think they make you pee in the jar....

Actually, they do make you pee in a cup, but they only test it for sugar.

Many years ago, I worked for Elkay Products, a medical laboratory
disposables manufacturer. About the only thing we made that anyone could
recognize was a specimen cup. Invariably, someone would neglect to buy cups
for the christmas party, so we would run out back and grab a stack off the
production line. And if you didn't finish your egg-nog, you could get a
leak-proof cap and bring it home.

"Skylune" wrote in message
lkaboutaviation.com...
I might be wrong on this, but don't they also "ask" if you are taking
illegal drugs, are an alcoholic, or take proscribed medications (like
anti-depressants)? I'll ask my buddy who flies out of ISP, but I don't
think they make you pee in the jar....

OOPS - I Guess I missed that.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Steve Foley wrote:

I've always wondered why the FAA doesn't track hours flown.

They do. They ask at every medical exam.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your
neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

And you are willing to pay the IAs time to report the hours on your
airplane? Paperwork or inspection, time is time.

Jim



"Steve Foley" wrote in message
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I've always wondered why the FAA doesn't track hours flown. It should be
as
simple as having every IA report the total hours since the last annual on
every aircraft they inspect.

"RST Engineering" wrote in message
...
And you are willing to pay the IAs time to report the hours on your
airplane? Paperwork or inspection, time is time.

Jim

I don't know about others but I've got better things to spend my money on.
The numbers would be nice to look at for a minute or two every year but I
can't see how they would improve safety or provide any additional insight
into accident statistics.

"Steve Foley" wrote in message
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I've always wondered why the FAA doesn't track hours flown. It should be
as
simple as having every IA report the total hours since the last annual
on
every aircraft they inspect.

Depends on how much if a PITA it is.

I always ASS-U-MEd that you (an IA) were required to report something each
year regarding the annuals you've done.

I had forgotten about the report on the medical. I don't remember, do they
ask for hours since the last medical, or total hours?

I think that hours on the aircraft would be a more accurate measure, since
there is a good chance the IA can figure it out with the log books at hand.

As for paying for the time: I don't complain about the $45/hour shop rate
where I go when I have to pay Pep-Boys $65/hours.

"RST Engineering" wrote in message
...
And you are willing to pay the IAs time to report the hours on your
airplane? Paperwork or inspection, time is time.

Jim



"Steve Foley" wrote in message
news:Pgy0f.11$ar6.2@trndny01...
I've always wondered why the FAA doesn't track hours flown. It should be
as
simple as having every IA report the total hours since the last annual
on
every aircraft they inspect.