Dear colleagues.
I have just sent official media question to FAA contact form of William J. Hughes Technical Center and Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center that is located here;
http://www.faa.gov/contact/
If I receive the answer I will let you know.
This is the complete text of my question in the text below;
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This is a media related question for Laura J. Brown, FAA Spokesperson.
Please forward this message to her directly.
From: Giuliano Marinkovic, Croatian National Television HTV, TV show: „On The Edge Of Science“
e-mail: [email protected]
Dear FAA Spokesperson, Laura J. Brown.
At November 12th 2007. in National Press Club, the international conference was held about air safety issues and implication connected with the unidentified aerial phenomena. The speakers were military and civilian experts and pilots from 7 countries.
In connection with this event, CNN has aired the segment inside the „Anderson Cooper Show“ at 12th of November – 10pm EST.
Transcript of the show is available here;
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0711/12/acd.01.html
During the segment, guest James McGaha has stated;
Start of quote
„But I should say, when we talk about pilots, there's this incredible misidentification idea about pilots being trained observers. Pilots are not trained observers; they're trained to fly airplanes. They are some of the worst people at identifying objects in the sky that aren't other airplanes. They're trained to react quickly in an airplane, which very often makes them to react to wrong stimuli.“
End of quote
In the connection of those events we are preparing the TV show that will reflect recent developments about the subjects of air safety and unidentified aerial phenomena. In the sense of our TV show and in the sense of John McGaha's statements we would like to adress you the questions of that point.
Our questions are;
- What is the official position of FAA towards the level of compentence, qualifications and expertise of active pilots? Are pilots specificaly trained to be able to deal with the situations in the air enviroment besides the „basic flying of the airplane“?
- By your definition, are pilots adequately trained as observers during their missions in the air enviroment? Is there any distinction in the level of compentence and quality of observations in the air enviroment between the trained pilot and ordinary civilian person without any flight experience?
Please send your answers at my email.
Best regards from Croatian National Television and Giuliano Marinkovic
Giuliano Marinkovic
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Co-writer of the TV show 'On the Edge of Science' – HTV (Croatian National Television)
Giuliano Marinkovic, HTV, Prisavlje 3, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, Europe
Gsm: +385-98-900-2649
I have just sent official media question to FAA contact form of William J. Hughes Technical Center and Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center that is located here;
http://www.faa.gov/contact/
If I receive the answer I will let you know.
This is the complete text of my question in the text below;
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This is a media related question for Laura J. Brown, FAA Spokesperson.
Please forward this message to her directly.
From: Giuliano Marinkovic, Croatian National Television HTV, TV show: „On The Edge Of Science“
e-mail: [email protected]
Dear FAA Spokesperson, Laura J. Brown.
At November 12th 2007. in National Press Club, the international conference was held about air safety issues and implication connected with the unidentified aerial phenomena. The speakers were military and civilian experts and pilots from 7 countries.
In connection with this event, CNN has aired the segment inside the „Anderson Cooper Show“ at 12th of November – 10pm EST.
Transcript of the show is available here;
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0711/12/acd.01.html
During the segment, guest James McGaha has stated;
Start of quote
„But I should say, when we talk about pilots, there's this incredible misidentification idea about pilots being trained observers. Pilots are not trained observers; they're trained to fly airplanes. They are some of the worst people at identifying objects in the sky that aren't other airplanes. They're trained to react quickly in an airplane, which very often makes them to react to wrong stimuli.“
End of quote
In the connection of those events we are preparing the TV show that will reflect recent developments about the subjects of air safety and unidentified aerial phenomena. In the sense of our TV show and in the sense of John McGaha's statements we would like to adress you the questions of that point.
Our questions are;
- What is the official position of FAA towards the level of compentence, qualifications and expertise of active pilots? Are pilots specificaly trained to be able to deal with the situations in the air enviroment besides the „basic flying of the airplane“?
- By your definition, are pilots adequately trained as observers during their missions in the air enviroment? Is there any distinction in the level of compentence and quality of observations in the air enviroment between the trained pilot and ordinary civilian person without any flight experience?
Please send your answers at my email.
Best regards from Croatian National Television and Giuliano Marinkovic
Giuliano Marinkovic
...............................................
Co-writer of the TV show 'On the Edge of Science' – HTV (Croatian National Television)
Giuliano Marinkovic, HTV, Prisavlje 3, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, Europe
Gsm: +385-98-900-2649
