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American Airlines Crash in Kingston Jamaica 12-22-09
Mayday Air Jamaica, as a result of the crash landing on Dec 22 09, at the Norman Manley International Airport, of AA331, a 737-800 Boeing aircraft with 148 passengers and 6 crew members on board, we wish to state the following.
First we give God thanks for the miracle of saving the passengers and crew from a much more serious outcome, and our prayers are for the speedy recovery of the injured.
As a direct result we are advising the traveling public that it is our recommendation that until this investigation has been concluded and the results published, they allow discretion to be the better part of valor, and not travel on any foreign carriers into Jamaica especially at night and during rainy/stormy conditions. Use of foreign carriers should be considered as a fair weather venture at this time.
The use of Air Jamaica under any weather and especially under inclement conditions into Jamaica should be preferred.
The question is not weather this can happen to any carrier, this is obvious, but rather what is the likelihood of this happening to an Air Jamaica crew in Kingston Jamaica under similar circumstances.
There are human performance factors in aviation which are affected by environment and facilitates as well as pattern recognition skills which form a part of trained behavior for an aviator. For example in a two dimensional world two persons might both hold a drivers license, one issued in Nebraska and the other in Florida. One would be more comfortable in snow than in rain and visa versa. As a result of this unfamiliarity, an otherwise collected individual might react improperly. In aviation there are procedures for this eventuality, which along with training and experience and proper landing aids, does not result in this type of breakup.
As of the time of writing there are strong indications that there is pilot error involved here, however until the black box is availed and the factors reconstructed, we will not have a complete picture re: how weather and airport facilities might have impacted what seems to be poor judgment in not executing a missed approach procedure, and appears abnormal at first glance.
For years since I was the President of JALPA we have been requesting a proper clearway and stop way be constructed for improvement in accelerate stop distances at the end of RWY 12 as heavy DC8 departures was critical Eastbound, and the highway and the drop off meant likely aircraft breakup. Local pilots knew that a rejected takeoff on RWY 12 in Kingston is extremely risky because of the construction at the end of the runway, the human factor effect is to mentally reduce the decision speed, regardless of any published performance figures at all up take off weights on a hot summer days. This risk remains.
For years as the president of JALPA I have been requesting airport equipment upgrade and proper monitoring to include low level wind shear alert systems, especially in Kingston at night. Our airports were previously downgraded by the FAA, to what extend are they now compliant and added to this tragedy is the question. The fact is two experienced pilots made a poor decision, to what extent did airport facilities, and wind shear affect the situation. Human performance factors under these conditions will deteriorate especially in unfamiliar circumstances and the need for all aids to landing should be provided and has been my petition to the government and Air Jamaica immediately before I was dismissed.
I have pleaded with the government to install low level wind shear alert systems in our airports, in similar circumstances in Montego Bay, during a rain shower on approach, Independence Air elected to go around and try again. At this point Tower Air entered their protected airspace and came within inches of killing 600 passengers. As part of the corrective action for which my life was threatened and I was fired, was, for my insistence as president of JALPA to upgrade the airport and install an Instrument Landing system, approach radar and low level wind shear alert systems. This was in an effort to protect foreign operators who might be accustomed to these aids operating in a more safety compliant conditions. I requested that directives be issued from the Civil Aviation Department in Jamaica advising all carriers to up date their manual to reflect the state of our airports and especially the likelihood of a shear off the approach end of RWY 12.
Unfortunately it was for the Air Safety of the traveling public, and in an effort to prevent exactly this, why my life was threatened and I was dismissed and then victimized by the high courts and government of Jamaica now ongoing for over 23 years. On Dec 15th 2009 we called off a scheduled protest outside the Fort Lauderdale facilities, as requested by media and because of the economy, to protest unjust dismissal and victimization for Air Safety concerns. Six days later we now have providence after 20 years reminding us that, when we are the statistical one percent the pain is still 100 percent.
Things happen in two's or three's, stay off foreign carriers into Jamaica until after the NTSB has published their findings and corrective actions if any required are taken.
To insist on Air Safety in Jamaica is have your life threatened and to lose your job and have the case sit in the supreme court for over 20 years. No one dares speak out. We have reduced our aviation safety infrastructure to corrupt politics. We might not be this fortunate next time around.
We now have reason to believe as reported on CNN, that unreported broken equipment might have played a role. No one can speak out.
We advise all Foregin carriers to exercise extreme care when operating into Jamaica as the normal saftey standards might have been compromised and that the FAA had downgraded the Jamaican airports earlier several years ago. There are no effective watchdogs and you fly into Jamaica at you and your passengers own risk. Stay safe and tanker extra fuel.
First we give God thanks for the miracle of saving the passengers and crew from a much more serious outcome, and our prayers are for the speedy recovery of the injured.
As a direct result we are advising the traveling public that it is our recommendation that until this investigation has been concluded and the results published, they allow discretion to be the better part of valor, and not travel on any foreign carriers into Jamaica especially at night and during rainy/stormy conditions. Use of foreign carriers should be considered as a fair weather venture at this time.
The use of Air Jamaica under any weather and especially under inclement conditions into Jamaica should be preferred.
The question is not weather this can happen to any carrier, this is obvious, but rather what is the likelihood of this happening to an Air Jamaica crew in Kingston Jamaica under similar circumstances.
There are human performance factors in aviation which are affected by environment and facilitates as well as pattern recognition skills which form a part of trained behavior for an aviator. For example in a two dimensional world two persons might both hold a drivers license, one issued in Nebraska and the other in Florida. One would be more comfortable in snow than in rain and visa versa. As a result of this unfamiliarity, an otherwise collected individual might react improperly. In aviation there are procedures for this eventuality, which along with training and experience and proper landing aids, does not result in this type of breakup.
As of the time of writing there are strong indications that there is pilot error involved here, however until the black box is availed and the factors reconstructed, we will not have a complete picture re: how weather and airport facilities might have impacted what seems to be poor judgment in not executing a missed approach procedure, and appears abnormal at first glance.
For years since I was the President of JALPA we have been requesting a proper clearway and stop way be constructed for improvement in accelerate stop distances at the end of RWY 12 as heavy DC8 departures was critical Eastbound, and the highway and the drop off meant likely aircraft breakup. Local pilots knew that a rejected takeoff on RWY 12 in Kingston is extremely risky because of the construction at the end of the runway, the human factor effect is to mentally reduce the decision speed, regardless of any published performance figures at all up take off weights on a hot summer days. This risk remains.
For years as the president of JALPA I have been requesting airport equipment upgrade and proper monitoring to include low level wind shear alert systems, especially in Kingston at night. Our airports were previously downgraded by the FAA, to what extend are they now compliant and added to this tragedy is the question. The fact is two experienced pilots made a poor decision, to what extent did airport facilities, and wind shear affect the situation. Human performance factors under these conditions will deteriorate especially in unfamiliar circumstances and the need for all aids to landing should be provided and has been my petition to the government and Air Jamaica immediately before I was dismissed.
I have pleaded with the government to install low level wind shear alert systems in our airports, in similar circumstances in Montego Bay, during a rain shower on approach, Independence Air elected to go around and try again. At this point Tower Air entered their protected airspace and came within inches of killing 600 passengers. As part of the corrective action for which my life was threatened and I was fired, was, for my insistence as president of JALPA to upgrade the airport and install an Instrument Landing system, approach radar and low level wind shear alert systems. This was in an effort to protect foreign operators who might be accustomed to these aids operating in a more safety compliant conditions. I requested that directives be issued from the Civil Aviation Department in Jamaica advising all carriers to up date their manual to reflect the state of our airports and especially the likelihood of a shear off the approach end of RWY 12.
Unfortunately it was for the Air Safety of the traveling public, and in an effort to prevent exactly this, why my life was threatened and I was dismissed and then victimized by the high courts and government of Jamaica now ongoing for over 23 years. On Dec 15th 2009 we called off a scheduled protest outside the Fort Lauderdale facilities, as requested by media and because of the economy, to protest unjust dismissal and victimization for Air Safety concerns. Six days later we now have providence after 20 years reminding us that, when we are the statistical one percent the pain is still 100 percent.
Things happen in two's or three's, stay off foreign carriers into Jamaica until after the NTSB has published their findings and corrective actions if any required are taken.
To insist on Air Safety in Jamaica is have your life threatened and to lose your job and have the case sit in the supreme court for over 20 years. No one dares speak out. We have reduced our aviation safety infrastructure to corrupt politics. We might not be this fortunate next time around.
We now have reason to believe as reported on CNN, that unreported broken equipment might have played a role. No one can speak out.
We advise all Foregin carriers to exercise extreme care when operating into Jamaica as the normal saftey standards might have been compromised and that the FAA had downgraded the Jamaican airports earlier several years ago. There are no effective watchdogs and you fly into Jamaica at you and your passengers own risk. Stay safe and tanker extra fuel.
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Welcome to my/our blog. The purpose of our blog is to record your views on the subject of the sale of Air Jamaica and whether this should be sold to foreign interests or to the Air Jamaica Pilots and workers seeking a bid to purchase the airline. I am first attempting to collect 20 years of back pay plus damages for pain and suffering inflicted upon myself, and any other employee past or present who have been unable to remedy their victimization. We have had to flee our country for fear of violence, visit our web site at maydayairjamaica.com for more details. Let us unite and boycott the sale and use of Spirit airlines or any other carrier taking bread and butter from our families. This is our remaining national heritage. Our employees are ready willing and able and should be given a chance. Let us unite and join together to use our economic power to force the government of Jamaica to rescind any plans for the disposal of the airline, to publish the offer in the press that was made to the other parties and further discount this 20% to the employees who have already supplemented the airline via their pension funds and their existing sweat equity. I am also seeking to notify Spirit airlines that as a corporate US citizen, they should be mindful of the fact that I too am a US citizen, and they should not enter into a contract to further violate both my civil and human rights in Jamaica. That the set aside for redundancies needs to be examined is clear. However what Spirit and it's management /owners are proposing to do is sign a contract with a government which further ratifies the violation of my civil rights. One United States citizen should not be allowed to do that to another anywhere. I have had my civil rights violated in the highest court of Jamaica for 20 years, they ought to have known this, this has nothing to with the nature of the dispute, I already won that issue, but of due process and injustice. Otherwise stay out of Air Jamaica's coffers. Air Jamaica remains a net foreign exchange earner for our country. If forced, I intend to have this matter examined in a US court. All employees who are US citizens with outstanding issues please so indicate on our email . Sign up and support, better yet register and contribute $5.00 per registration to support our drive for Justice and Equity. please keep the content clean no expletives allowed. Let talk the talk and then walk the walk support our drive and curb corruption. Join our boycott of the sale and refuse to fly on any foreign purchaser of Air Jamaica and tell the government to pay for the damages they have inflicted on myself and others like me.
