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Flybyz1

@flybyz1.bsky.social
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Retired aviation, medicine, science and government. -> No DMs please #aviation #PsychSciSky #fountainpens #afcbournemouth

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 26/07/2026
I don’t think we have fully grappled with the death of Academia—or the long years of watching its corpse be driven by capitalist necromancy. It is past time we look this square in the face. The university and all it stood for has been murdered. And I do not think we can resuscitate.
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Keep an eye on this. arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
arstechnica.com
Tests suggest Russian satellites can jam GPS on a continental scale
Mystery of GPS interference across Europe raises questions about Russian motives.
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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
My latest is all about DHS Secretary Mullin taking the NAS deep into political territory. A lot of folks have talked about the logistical ways in which pulling international flights from blue states & rescheduling them to red states is impossible. /1 colleenmondor.substack.com/p/49-the-nat...
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#49: The National Airspace System can not be a political pawn
DHS Secretary Mullin wants to upend the NAS in the name of red vs blue.
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Here’s a link to the TRB report. It does the best job I have seen of detailing the history of ATC staffing. www.nationalacademies.org/read/29112
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Read chapter Front Matter: Air traffic controller staffing is essential for aviation safety in the United States. Therefore, the Federal Aviation Administ...
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Well, there are no words… #airtrafficcontrol #aviation www.reuters.com/business/wor...
reuters.com
FAA cuts target for air traffic control staffing
The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it was sharply reducing its target for air traffic control staffing as ​it vowed to modernize scheduling and increase the time employees spend managing ...
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Huge congratulations!!! Your voice is so important!!
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James Hollomon 💙💙💙 @etpro.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
4.30.26 Status: I'm OK on this last day of April. We're getting showers. Bring on the May Flowers: Boston's spring has sprung.
Meme text repeating the text of this post over a colorful, patterned background.
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Zhichang Liu @zhichangliu.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
🔗Medieval Chainmail meets Modern Materials! Our 2D [c2]daisy chain polymer (think: molecular-scale armor!) self-assembles into chainmail-like networks, achieving shape-shifting superpowers under stimuli. ⚡️ Breakthrough for soft robotics & smart textiles! #MaterialsScience 👉https://rdcu.be/ehOa6
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Here’s a little more on the FAA‘s predictive automation plans for air traffic control. Research on such automation tools dates back at least to the 1980-90s by Heinz Erzberger, NASA Ames, on the Center-TRACON Automation System (CTAS). theaircurrent.com/air-traffic-...
theaircurrent.com
FAA quietly developing AI-enabled predictive air traffic management system
Palantir, Thales and ASI competing on secretive initiative that could redefine how the U.S. ATC system operates
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Scalliewags @trollingstones.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Having Bill Evans join us for Easter breakfast. Enjoying the beautiful things in life. #JazzSky #BillEvans
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
So much may never get documented. Were you able to find much from program managers’ perspectives on FAA and Contractor sides?
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Thank you, FireHorseLioness!!
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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Must read if you know someone who has a CGM.
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Thank you so much for posting!! We had not seen this.
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Will Guisbond @willguisbond.com · 08/03/2026
SCOOP w/ @jonostrower.com: NTSB board member J. Todd Inman abruptly departs safety watchdog (via @theaircurrent.com): theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc...
theaircurrent.com
NTSB board member J. Todd Inman abruptly departs safety watchdog
J. Todd Inman, one of the five members of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, has left the investigative body, according to multiple people familiar with the situation.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 27/02/2026
The deployment of the military’s anti-drone laser weapon to tackle cartel drones had prompted the shutdown of airspace over El Paso, Texas, earlier this month.
forbes.com
FAA Shuts Down Airspace After U.S. Military Laser Shoots Down CBP Drone Over Texas
The deployment of the military’s anti-drone laser weapon to tackle cartel drones had prompted the shutdown of airspace over El Paso, Texas, earlier this month.
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Thank you BlueWave for the inclusion!! 💙🎉
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Thank you for the add! 💙🎉
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
…and the Air Traffic Controllers, Airways Facilities Maintainers, Pilots, Dispatchers keeping the airspace safe and getting us home for the holidays.
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Interesting paper.
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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
The primary thing I write about in terms of aviation safety is how long the cascade of events can be prior to an aircraft accident. While failures in the cockpit might exist, they are rarely the first step in what goes wrong. Sometimes the cascade is months or years in the making (i.e. 737 MAX). /1
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🌬CasuallyLucid🌀 @casuallylucid.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said... “They passed directly in our flight path ... They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous.” Our military thinks they can do whatever they want with no accountability 😡 Outrageous is right! #Pinks
theguardian.com
Pilot narrowly avoids ‘midair collision’ with US air force plane near Venezuela
JetBlue pilot calls incident ‘outrageous’ and says US military refueling tanker didn’t have transponder turned on
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Please give @chasingray.bsky.social a follow and check out her substack. She keeps our focus on aviation safety!!
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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
I wanted to drop some air traffic controller figures on you. In March of this year, Acting FAA Admin Chris Rocheleau testified before Congress that there were currently about 11,000 controllers. simpleflying.com/faa-administ...
simpleflying.com
FAA Administrator Hopes To Hire 2,000 More Air Traffic Controllers This Year
For 2025, new Federal Aviation Administration leadership aims to resupply air traffic controllers.
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
This is a great read and accurately captures key points about the FAA’s history of air traffic modernization attempts. It is an important perspective and well researched. Aviation folks please read and share. #aviation #aviationhistory #aviationsafety #airtrafficcontrol #avgeeks
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
FYI…New York announced $10M in state funds for brain research. #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky www.governor.ny.gov/news/governo...
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Governor Hochul Announces Launch of SUNY Brain Institute With $10 Million Investment to Fuel SUNY Excellence in Life-Saving Research
Governor Hochul announced a $10 million investment to launch the SUNY Brain Institute; a multi-campus initiative focused on expanding SUNY’s groundbreaking neuroscience research.
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
If you want some help on the ATC piece, please feel free to DM me.
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Thanks for reading!
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
The focus of the WaPo article on pass rates is misplaced without regard to the candidate abilities. The emphasis has to be getting the best people into the job. The best way to do that is to use the research and selection process with a level of effort and resourcing to meet the current crisis.
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
This is a staffing crisis! It will take an effort equal to or greater than the 1981 recovery…
Air Traffic Controller Staffing shortfalls by facility.
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
The people who make it in the workforce are people with top tier cognitive skills and abilities analogous to the skills of athletes in professional sports such as the NFL.
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
All of this is to say, a few people are much better at Air Traffic Control than most. Controllers are a professional workforce not many people understand or know anything about.
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
This selection model allowed the FAA to recover staffing levels from the 1981 firing of controllers within a few years.
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
The washout rate from the Screen at the Academy was about 50%. It was much more cost effective to identify people who could not do the job in the first few months of their careers than to send people to the field and put the burden on field facilities. Even then, field washout rate could be high.
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
The second stage was a train and test model, the Academy Screen, in which people were trained to separate airplanes and tested on whether or not they could. Asking people to demonstrate that they could do the job was a much more effective predictor of who might succeed.
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
The first stage was a paper and pencil test through the Office of Personnel Management. However, paper and pencil testing had limits to predicting who would succeed as a controller.
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Between the 1970s and 2000s, the Civil Aeromedical Institute had a robust research program on selection of Air Traffic Controllers. As a result of research and existing training models, the FAA and the Academy implemented a 2 stage selection protocol.
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
There is wealth of research on selection and training of Air Traffic Controllers in the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute’s library archives dating back to the 1970s: www.faa.gov/data_researc...
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Jen Niffer @jen-niffer.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
CONNIE!!! Soooo pretty! 💕💕💕 #avgeek #aviation #airplane #OSH25
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Thank you for posting your pics! Since we can’t get there, much appreciated!
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Congratulations! Beautiful combo! How are you liking the cursive Monoc?
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Mike @inkdependence.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I’ve seen lots of new folks in the fountain pen feed, and I wrote a piece for Goldspot that might be interesting if you want a deep-dive into how fountain pens work. I think it’s pretty darn good. Glug!
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How Does a Fountain Pen Work? The Inner Mechanisms of Pens
Our comprehensive guide demystifies the workings of fountain pens, from their intricate nibs to the smooth ink flow, perfect for enthusiasts and beginners alike.
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Very welcome. Nice list!
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The fountain pen community here is growing and is quite enjoyable! Especially appreciated people posting their art and swatches from the Advent calendar inks and pen show acquisitions…
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Visited Fahrney’s several times. Looking forward to Drew Brown’s influence. Thank you for posting this update!
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BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 09/03/2025
We are marking, at least in part, the last day of Women of Aviation Worldwide Week for 2025 with a gift that will keep on giving year-round. Lisa's (@peacewind.aero) work on this has been both meticulous and tireless. Follow Lisa and we encourage you to take a look at her great Starter Pack. | 🛩️ 👩🏻‍✈️ 🥇
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BluFly 🛩 @blufly.media · 06/03/2025
Not all stories of women in aviation sweep across history or continents, although many do exactly that. Some are at a smaller scale but are no less important. This one, for instance — by Sparky Barnes for General Aviation News — utterly charmed us. What's not to love about Betty, indeed. | 🛩️ 👩🏻‍✈️ 🥇 📍 🇺🇸
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What’s not to love about Betty? — General Aviation News
Airport Greeter Betty Easley's devotion to all things aviation makes a lasting and positive impression upon aviators, with compliments about her posted on Foreflight and AirNav.com.
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Flybyz1 @flybyz1.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
1. Usually not posted, except Kaweco Sport. 2. No wish list yet. Still exploring a batch of samples…
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Just now picking up my daughter’s Claudia’s Corgi, Gracie, from her spaying procedure from Friendship Animal Hospital in northwest DC. It turns out they are doing something amazing for people victimized by the insane government purges 👉
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Animal hospital in DC waives fees for laid off federal workers
Community members are thanking the hospital for its generous gesture.
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