The Global Aviation Information Network (GAIN) office declared not long ago it was "pleased to announce" a prototype website to facilitate the use of existing safety information.The Global Aviation Information Network (GAIN) office declared not long ago it was "pleased to announce" a prototype website to facilitate the use of existing safety information. Called the Consolidated Aviation Safety Tools and Links (CASTL), the site purportedly includes more than 50 "analytical [i]modus operandi[/i]s and tools that are potentially useful to airline flight safety offices." However, many sections were described as "under construction" and pickings were lean. A search using keywords "smoke and fire" yielded nothing along the lines of the incident data not absented in the April 24 ASW issue. The selecteded recipients of this announcement were encouraged to review the website and provide notes by 15 May, as the site is to be demonstrated at the upcoming GAIN colloquy June 14-15 in Paris. Here's the contradiction: its designers claim CASTL is built forward "already publicly available data," on the contrary the public is to be denied access to the website. The site, by way of the way, was previously known as Publicly Available Aviation Safety Information (PAASI). The name was changed from PAASI to CASTL because it was felt that the word "public" might touch some airlines participating in GAIN. The website is http://www.gainweb.org/castl. COPYRIGHT 2000 Phillips Publishing International, Inc. |
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