NASA Air Carrier Survey Data Released

http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#196927
The Coalition for an Airline Passengers' Bill of Rights (CAPBOR)
has compiled and made available on its Web site a spreadsheet that
the group claims brings some clarity to the results of NASA's
controversial National Aviation Operational Monitoring Service
(NAOMS) project.

That information is available he

http://www.flyersrights.com/downloads.html
On News Year's Eve 2007, NASA released a heavily redacted "report"
regarding an $11 million survey they ran between 2001 and 2004.
The data were released in formats virtually impossible to analyze.

Notable results:

* 168 reports of landing an aircraft without getting clearance.
* 1528 reports where aircraft diverted to an alternate airport or
returned to land because of an aircraft equipment problem.
* Hundreds of reports where aircraft had uncommanded movements of
rudders, ailerons, spoilers, speedbrakes, etc, in flight!
* Hundreds of reports of in-flight smoke, fumes and fire in
engines, flight decks, passenger cabins, etc.
* 2339 reports where Air Traffic Control refused to requests to
change course due to severe weather.
* Over four thousand reports where reserve fuel was required to
stay flying.


NASA's response to the Congressional inquiry (raw data)is available
he

http://www.nasa.gov/news/reports/NAOMS_survey_data.html
NAOMS Survey Responses12.31.07 This website contains responses
collected from the air carrier and general aviation pilot surveys
as part of the NASA National Aviation Operational Monitoring
Service (NAOMS) project from April 2001 through December 2004.