2000 IN 2000, US AIRWAYS INITIATED SCHEDULED AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICE TO SELECTED DESTINATIONS IN THE CARIBBEAN

USAIRWAYS CARIBBEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS PUERTO RICO ST.THOMAS / ST. CROIX ST. MAARTEN ANTIGUA ST.KITTS ST. LUCIA GRENADA BARBADOS ARUBA COSTA RICA BELIZE MEXICO

INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES AVIATION INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE US AIRWAYS DISPATCH PILOT REPORTS NOTICES TO AIRMEN SATELLITE PICTURES

MARCH 17, 2003 SAN JUAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

VOLCANIC ASH SAN JUAN CENTER REPORTING ATMOSPHERIC VOLCANIC ASH DUE TO MONTSERRAT 15:00 Z PILOT REPORT FORWARDED TO

ST.THOMAS US AIRWAYS DISPATCH CENTER INSTRUCTED INBOUND FLIGHTS TO DEVIATE TO ST. THOMAS AND ST. CROIX AWAY FROM FORECASTED ASH CLOUDS SELECTED FLIGHTS WERE INSTRUCTED TO RETURN TO POINT OF DEPARTURE US AIRWAYS DISPATCHER PETE DEMPSTER COORDINATED AN ALERT TO ALL PILOTS OPERATING IN THE CARIBBEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

PILOT/DISPATCHER PILOT/DISPATCHER INTERACTION PILOT AND DISPATCHER SHARE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAFETY AND OPERATION OF ANY ASSIGNED FLIGHT PILOT AND DISPATCHER MUST WORK TOGETHER, SHARING INFORMATION IN AN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN OPERATIONAL INTEGRITY

BRITISH AIRWAYS APRIL 2003 VISIT TO BRITISH AIRWAYS COMPASS CENTER

US AIRWAYS NORTH ATLANTIC BRITISH AIRWAYS MEDITERRANEAN SASCARIBBEAN VOLCANIC ASH ENCOUNTER PROCEDURES COMPARATIVE OPERATING PROCEDURES

BRITISH AIRWAYS AUTOTHROTTLE-----DISCONNECT THRUST LEVERS----CLOSE BRITISH AIRWAYS OXYGEN MASKS

US AIRWAYS AIR CONDITIONING PACKS ENGINE/WING ANTI-ICE AIRSPEED INDICATIONS AUXILIARY POWER UNIT

SAS ASH PARTICLES HAVE LOW WATER CONTENT SMOKE DETECTORS MAY BE ACTIVATED LOOK FOR BROWN SMOKE OR ODOR OF SULFUR TURN 180 DEGREES EXIT ASH CLOUD USE FMS GROUND SPEED IF NECESSARY SAS

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION CHEMICAL COMPOSITION CONCERNS SILICA RICH ASH CONTAINS DISSOLVED AND ABSORBED S, CL and H2O (SULFUR, CHLORINE AND WATER) THERE WOULD BE A VERY MINOR TENDENCY FOR THESE MATERIALS TO FOSTER OXIDATION OF AI METALS DOCTOR MALCOLM RUTHERFORD BROWN UNIVERSITY

ECONOMIC CONCERNS FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE (FOD) LOSS OF GOODS AND SERVICES LOSS OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE LOSS OF PROPERTY AIRCRAFT /ENGINE DAMAGE LOSS OF BUSINESS REVENUE

THE THREE C’s COMMUNICATIONS COMPARATIVE OPERATING PROCEDURES CONTINUING EDUCATION THE THREE C’S BEFORE 07/12/2003 AFTER 07/12/2003) MONTSERRAT VOLCANIC OBSERVATORY

ARENAL ARENAL, COSTA RICA Higher Situational Awareness Enhanced Preflight Briefing Informational Resources CAPTAIN AND DISPATCHER MUST HAVE:

POPO MEXICO CITY, MEXICO POPOCATEPETL PREFLIGHT REVIEW OF VOLCANIC ASH ENCOUNTER PROCEDURES DEFINITIVE CONTINGENCY PLAN

THANK YOU CAPTAIN JON ROUND, BRITISH AIRWAYS MR. NIGEL GAIT, INTERNATIONAL AVIATION MANAGER MET OFFICE, UNITED KINGDOM THANK YOU CAPTAIN ED MILLER, AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION MR. SAMUEL P. WILLIAMSON, FEDERAL COORDINATOR FOR METEOROLOGY METEOROLOGY MARY M CAIRNS, M.S.,SENIOR STAFF PHYSICAL SCIENTIST

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