Rotary Data Tracking: Hard Lessons Learned By Doing

Patrick Veillette, Ph.D. February 26, 2018

I was excited when an emergency medical service (EMS) helicopter operator asked if I would help the company’s safety officer get a flight data monitoring (FDM) program implemented well in advance of the deadline. The FAA had mandated that by April 23, 2018, an FDM system had to be functional on all...

Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.

Upon his retirement as a non-routine flight operations captain from a fractional operator in 2015, Dr. Veillette had accumulated more than 20,000 hours of flight experience in 240 types of aircraft—including balloons, rotorcraft, sea planes, gliders, war birds, supersonic jets and large commercial transports. He is an adjunct professor at Utah Valley University.

Subscription Required

This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.

Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.

Already an AWIN subscriber? Login

Did you know? Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.

Market Sector

Share

Rotary Data Tracking: Hard Lessons Learned By Doing

Share

Subscription Required