The article I found over the
weekend was from Time regarding the Asiana flight which crashed while landing
at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday July 6th 2013.
The author of this article is Susanna Schrobsdorff, TIME.com Assistant Managing Editor.
If you go to the website: http://nation.time.com/author/sschrobsdorff/
you will see that prior to her experience as Assist Managing Editor for
TIME.com, Schrobsdorff was the Editorial
Director for Newsweek Digital. Schrobsdorff started her career with TIME as an
intern before TIME created the TIME.com website. For five years she was a Newsdesk
Editor for TIME and Paris and in Brussels.
Schrobsdorff interviewed and
quoted a comment from Larry
Rooney, a veteran pilot, NTSB-trained accident investigator and executive vice
president of the Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations.
This is the
website of the Coalition of Airline Pilots Association: http://www.capapilots.org/.
According to CAPA..
“CAPA is a trade association comprised of over 25,000
professional pilots. CAPA's purpose is to address safety, security, legislative
and regulatory issues affecting the professional flight deck crew member on
matters of common interest to the individual member unions. The five members of
CAPA are: Allied Pilots Association (American Airlines), US Airline Pilots
Association (US Airways), Independent Pilots Association (UPS
Airlines), Teamsters Local 1224 (Allegiant Air, Atlas Air, Horizon Air,
Hyannis Air, Kalitta Air, Miami Air, Omni Air, Silver Airways, Southern
Air), and Teamsters Local 357 (Republic Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Chautauqua
Airlines and Shuttle America).” According to the CAPA biography of Larry
Rooney, “Captain Larry Rooney currently serves as Executive Vice President of
the Coalition of Airline Pilots Association and is responsible for both the
financial and fiscal administration of the Association in addition to his
lobbying efforts on behalf of the pilot profession.
Captain Rooney comes to CAPA from the US Airline Pilots Associations (USAPA) where he serves as Chairman of the USAPA Accident Investigation Committee, Vice Chairman of the USAPA Training Committee and an active member of the Safety, Violations and Government Affairs Committees.
As an Airline Transport rated pilot, and current line Captain with US Airways, he has logged over 17,000 flight hours in his 30 years of airline service and is type rated on the Airbus 319, 320 , 321, as well as the Boeing 737, 757 and 767.
In addition, he is an NTSB Trained Accident Investigator and had the privilege of serving as a party member on both the Operations and Human Performance groups for the recently completed NTSB investigation of US Airways flight 1549 "The Miracle on the Hudson". As a full member of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI), Captain Rooney is able to bring real world, hands on experience to his lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill.”
Captain Rooney comes to CAPA from the US Airline Pilots Associations (USAPA) where he serves as Chairman of the USAPA Accident Investigation Committee, Vice Chairman of the USAPA Training Committee and an active member of the Safety, Violations and Government Affairs Committees.
As an Airline Transport rated pilot, and current line Captain with US Airways, he has logged over 17,000 flight hours in his 30 years of airline service and is type rated on the Airbus 319, 320 , 321, as well as the Boeing 737, 757 and 767.
In addition, he is an NTSB Trained Accident Investigator and had the privilege of serving as a party member on both the Operations and Human Performance groups for the recently completed NTSB investigation of US Airways flight 1549 "The Miracle on the Hudson". As a full member of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI), Captain Rooney is able to bring real world, hands on experience to his lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill.”
The Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations (2013)
Schrobsdorff also used source Tom Kinton, an aviation consultant from Logan airport located in Boston MA. His expertise includes over 35 years of experience including a role of being the director of aviation as well as CEO.
In this article the sourcing seems to be the use of the journalist as a witness as well as journalist as a credentialed expert. Here, the journalist is the eyes and ears for the audience. In this case, the journalist provided credible sources with valid expertise and credentials. The journalist made sure to reference the sources of information within the article for the audience to reference check and dig a little deeper.
This article does not seem to present bias however, one could argue that the journalist did not interview or reference any victims of the situation to offer their point of view. I’m sure the victims of the situation would have perhaps a different account of the event since experiencing such firsthand. Perhaps, this would have offered a more balanced account of the event.
This article included valid and accurate sources that were well referenced and the journalist is a credentialed journalist. The article came off ethical and accurate. The website itself, TIME.com is a well-known and reputable website. The journalist referenced expert sources within the article. Although, no victims were directly referenced in the article, perhaps there was a reason for this. Perhaps, the journalist wanted to convey information on factual events that happened within the situation rather than providing the bias, perceptions, and or opinions of victims and first hand witnesses. If the journalist was to offer information strictly from witnesses or victims of the situation this article would not be as credible due to possibility of discrepancy when using only witnesses as sources of information.
Hi Erin, nice job! Timely article.
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