Union Head Wants Flight Attendants Armed With Tasers.
#disruptive #unrulypassengers #flightattendant #tasers
viewfromthewing.com/union-head-wan…

The Airline Experiment to Make Boarding Less Awful.
Southwest Airlines is studying ways to squeeze more flights per plane—a big focus is on passenger boarding bottlenecks.
#boarding #bottleneck #airlines #airports
wsj.com/articles/south…

Clinicians: Most people in the U.S. still need their updated #COVID19 vaccine. Presenting new information may encourage people to make and follow through on plans to get boosted. Learn more: wb.md/3KQfeWn Medscape

School Administrators: Students who get enough sleep can stay focused and improve their academic performance.

Learn how schools can add sleep education to the curriculum: bit.ly/2HxUsrU
#NationalSleepAwarenessWeek #CDCHealthySchools

.PEPFAR has transformed the global HIV epidemic and strengthened health systems worldwide. Number of people receiving lifesaving #HIV treatment through PEPFAR increased 300 times from 2004 to 2022.
Read new CDC #VitalSigns report to learn more: bit.ly/3YKvoE3
#PEPFAR20

Set your reminders: Tomorrow is the big reveal of the prototype spacesuits we plan to use on #Artemis III - humanity's return to the Moon's surface!

We'll be joining Axiom Space for a demo and Q&A. Details: go.nasa.gov/3JEdb6R

Stuck With The Airline Seats That You’ve Got: FAA Won’t Have To Mandate Seat Size, Legroom.
#seatsize #FAA #Airline
viewfromthewing.com/stuck-with-the…

There have been five 'close call' incidents at American airports so far this year. Former NTSB chair Robert Sumwalt speaks about how we got here.
#aviationsafety #runwaysafety #openmedia
cbsnews.com/video/former-n…

COVID-19: endemic doesn’t mean harmless•Rosy assumptions endanger public health — policymakers must act now to shape the years to come.
Perspective by nature
#pandemic #endemic #policy #COVID19
nature.com/articles/d4158…

Opinion Aviation Week
Removing Airline Pilots From The Flight Deck Is A Gamble With Safety.
Pilot union leaders wrote this op-ed piece contrasting systems safety with human performance limitations.
Interesting 🤔
#redundancy #automation #humanperformance
aviationweek.com/air-transport/…

No Pilot, No Problem? Here’s How Soon Self-Flying Planes Will Take Off.
The aircraft are already here. Pilot unions are preparing for battle. And the #FAA is playing it cool— #Autonomous flight is coming to civil aviation sooner than anyone thinks.
forbes.com/sites/suzanner…

In preparation for high-altitude flight tests of NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59, NASA and Lockheed Martin personnel recently underwent pressure breathing training.
#DCS #Hypobarics #Hypoxia
nasa.gov/feature/breath…

To simulate their 12 days in space, the crew of Axiom Space Ax-2 participated in the Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA), a training program designed to push people to the extremes and intended to prepare this team for their mission to orbit.
#AX2
axiomspace.com/news/ax-2-crew…

What is it about Mars that makes a human mission so challenging?

On this week’s episode, a NASA planetary geologist describes the Mars environment, terrain, weather, atmosphere and more that astronauts will face on the Red Planet. bit.ly/3ZV5xue

The incredible 360 degree view from the top of Mount Everest on a clear day.

Credit: Ben M Jones

Splashdown!

#Crew5 is back on Earth, completing a science mission of nearly six months on the International Space Station. Their SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft touched down at 9:02pm ET (0202 UTC March 12) near Tampa off the coast of Florida.

10 passengers were hospitalized after a battery fire onboard a Spirit Airlines flight prompted an emergency landing in Florida.
#inflightemergency #fireonboard #fumes #aerotoxic
liveandletsfly.com/spirit-airline…

Virgin Australia flight from Adelaide to Perth was forced to make an emergency landing after the First Officer was taken ill just 30 minutes after departure.
#inlightemergency #incapacitation
paddleyourownkanoo.com/2023/03/07/vir…

Passenger Stabs Flight Attendant in the Neck With Shank Made Out of Broken Metal Spoon After Trying to Open Emergency Exit On United Airlines Flight to Boston.
#unrulypassenger #travelnews
paddleyourownkanoo.com/2023/03/06/pas…