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Mark Zee

What does great Notam Design look like? (or, how we kill the Nastygram)

Aviation prides itself on safety. There is a glaring gap.

Nov 16, 2019

What does great Notam Design look like? (or, how we kill the Nastygram)

Nov 16, 2019

Mark Zee

Why Pilots are reading a Reel of Telegrams in the Cockpit.

A system from 1924 is still in place on every commercial flight today. And it’s broken.

Jul 24, 2019

Why Pilots are reading a Reel of Telegrams in the Cockpit.

Jul 24, 2019

Mark Zee

Why are we still flying airline passengers over war zones?

Here’s the level of inconsistency we’ve reached in international air transport: we take each passenger, scrutinize their booking, check the…

Sep 21, 2018

Why are we still flying airline passengers over war zones?

Sep 21, 2018

Mark Zee

Why the Ethiopian ATC cover-up is wrong, and dangerous.

Air Traffic Controllers are on strike in Ethiopia, and Ethiopia would prefer that you don’t know this. I would prefer that you do.

Aug 30, 2018

Why the Ethiopian ATC cover-up is wrong, and dangerous.

Aug 30, 2018

Mark Zee

Is North Korea safe to overfly again?

A friend of mine is a grumpy flight dispatcher at a Large Canadian Airline. We have a standing agreement that when North Korea “opens up”…

May 8, 2018

Is North Korea safe to overfly again?

May 8, 2018

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Safety Third — a Different Approach to Aviation

It’s 3pm in the Nevada desert. 102 degrees — sunny, hot, dry, and dusty. Very dusty.

Feb 13, 2018

Safety Third — a Different Approach to Aviation

Feb 13, 2018

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The problem of bullshit Notams

We sent Greece a message.

Jun 7, 2017

The problem of bullshit Notams

Jun 7, 2017

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ATC nightmare in the hills

— In any one of the plausible alternative endings to this event, a departing Boeing 777 impacts the San Gabriel mountains at about 5000…

May 31, 2017

ATC nightmare in the hills

May 31, 2017

Mark Zee

MH17: a darker truth

The Malaysia 17 story has been told. But beneath the knotted narratives of the accepted version of events, well woven in the three years…

May 22, 2017

MH17: a darker truth

May 22, 2017

Mark Zee

Mark Zee

Former Airline Pilot and Air Traffic Controller, I love solving critical international flight operations issues. Founder of OpsGroup.

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