The final compliance deadline for the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate is set for Dec. 16, 2019. This deadline comes four years after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published the final version of the ELD mandate and two years after the safety mandate’s…
A recent article by Rob Mark in FLYING MAGAZINE stated that the first six months of 2019 showed an alarming INCREASE in helicopter accidents, according to the U.S. Helicopter Safety Team (USHST). This goes against the downward trend of helicopter accidents in recent years. The…
On Oct. 29, Juul Labs, Inc., was hit with a lawsuit filed by an ex-executive of the company claiming that Juul knowingly shipped out over one million contaminated e-cigarette nicotine pods. This comes as Juul is under fire in its role in fueling widespread youth…
In recent months, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been conducting an ongoing investigation of the rising number of vaping-related lung disease patients and deaths ravaging the nation. Cases of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury, or EVALI, were…
This week, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg admitted to Congress that his company made mistakes with the design of its 737 MAX jet and deserves the scrutiny it is receiving after two fatal crashes. Appearing before Congress on the first anniversary of the Lion Air crash—the…
In less than a month, the state of New Jersey’s new childhood abuse protection law will take effect. This new law, effective December 1, 2019, will also create a one-time, two-year window for civil action claims to be filed by any adults who were previously…
With winter just a few weeks away, it is only a matter of time before Reno gets hit with hazardous winter weather conditions. And with an average snowfall of 22 inches and average November low temperatures being cold enough to cause icy conditions, it’s important…
Doctors at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit “have performed a double lung transplant on a man whose lungs were damaged from vaping.” From USA Today: “The hospital system announced Monday that it believes it is the first in the country to perform the surgery…
In April, the FDA announced that it was investigating 32 reports of people suffering seizures after vaping. Since then, 92 more reports were made to that agency. Seizures were reported by first time users and experienced e-cigarette users. Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said that…
In just three short years, the number of teens who reported vaping nicotine in the past month has more than doubled. The Journal of the American Medical Association on 11/5/19 reported that 28% of high schoolers and 11% of middle schoolers reported vaping in the…
The fiery crash last week Aeroflot flight SU 1492 at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport killing at least 41 people and the Russian government’s opening a criminal investigation, once again raised the ugly specter of criminalization of aviation accidents and its harmful effect on aviation safety. I…
On Oct. 1, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced that registration for the Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse was officially open. This came three months prior to the Jan. 6, 2020 deadline, when Clearinghouse com
