Press & Media
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Report features in Airport Policy & Security Newletter
"Getting serious about foreign object debris"
Bob Poole, Jan 2011
Report features in this newletter from the free-market/policy research group The Reason Foundation.
Report forms basis for Airport-Technology.com article
"Clearing the Debris – on the look-out for FOD"
25 November, 2010
Iain McCreary quoted and the report referenced in this article on automated runway scanning technologies.
Report is the foundation of Jane’s Airport Review article
"Debris detection receives overdue attention at conference"
By Ben Vogel, Nov 2010
Iain McCreary, John J. deGiovanni (Managing Director, Ground Safety for United Airlines) and Alon Nitzan (CEO X-Sight Systems) are quoted heavily in this article by Jane’s Airport Review Editor Ben Vogel. A printed version of this article appears on page 17 of the Feb 2011 edition of JAR.
McCreary opens BAA Heathrow Airport’s Global FOD Conference
"Runway Safety: making the case for automated runway scanning"
November 9-10, 2010, London
Iain McCreary was the first opening speaker (dubbed “The Industry Expert” by BAA) at the world’s first airport-sponsored conference on FOD and automated runway scanning.
McCreary referenced in Aviation International News
"New technology targets FOD"
By John Sheridan, 1 October, 2010
Iain McCreary’s presentation to NAFPI (Aug 2010, see entry above) is covered in this AIN feature article.
Airport Improvement Magazine FOD article
"FOD Fighters"
By Rebecca Douglas
An article reviewing the main technologies available for FOD detection technologies, and discussing FOD prevention and removal technologies.
ISRI features in Air Transport World article
"FOD: The Banal Threat"
By Geoffrey Thomas, 1 September, 2010
Insight SRI features heavily in this September 2010 article by senior editor and Asia/Pacific Bureau Chief for Air Transport World (ATW). For both quantitative reference and the overall tone, the article relies almost entirely on Insight SRI data and quotations. Caution to readers: Although published in Sept 2010, the values used in this article are dated, being based on a Q1 2010 interview with many numbers taken from the now obsolete original 2007 paper.
ISRI presentation to NAFPI
"Three percent: Why relying on visual inspections just might get you sued."
17-19 August, 2010Iain McCreary gave a talk to the almost 800 attendees of the 31st National FOD Prevention Conference, put on by National Aerospace FOD Prevention Inc. (NAFPI)in St Louis, MO. His talk discussed FOD risks, and the operational differences between standard visual/manual runway inspections and automated scanning.