What goes up must come down
Spinning wheel got to go round
Talking about your troubles it’s a crying sin
Ride a painted pony
Let the spinning wheel spin

67th Annual Meeting & Convention Meetings and Events Preview

Iknow that you are used to reading Greg Napert’s publisher’s column at the back of each issue of D.O.M.magazine. I told Greg that he could take the month off because I wanted to write an editorial discussing trade show etiquette. But don’t fret — Greg will be back next month.

Since a Part 91 operation does not have the ability to self-disclose potential violations of the regulations, the company’s individual certificate holders (both pilots and mechanics) must take full advantage of their own self-disclosure programs.

Have you ever noticed that the names of people, cities, countries, months, days and important places all start with a capital letter? Titles, car types and most abbreviations for words are honored with a capital letter. In short, we tend to use capitals to denote important words.

I’ve made all too many human errors in my 53 years in aviation, all while managing to survive and not kill anyone (that I know of).

My name is Gordon Dupont and many know me as the father of the “Dirty Dozen.” The “Dirty Dozen” are the contributing factors to you making a human error.

On Sept. 22, a coalition of aviation trade associations asked the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fix a seven-letter mistake in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) that would create serious headaches for the aviation maintenance industry.