FAA and Controllers Agree on New Contract
Air traffic controllers and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have reached a tentative contract agreement aimed at ending years of acrimonious relations. Members of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) have 45 days to ratify the three-year labor pact, which includes greater work... [read more]
Hudson Mid-Air Under Intense Media Glare
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators continue to probe the Aug. 8 mid-air collision of a Piper Saratoga and a sightseeing helicopter carrying a pilot and five Italian tourists over the Hudson River, killing all nine people aboard both aircraft. The single-engine fixed wing PA-32R-300 ran...
ATA: FAA Crew Training Unworkable
The Air Transport Association (ATA) has filed comments expressing "serious and broad concerns" about a FAA proposed regulation that would rewrite pilot, flight attendant, flight engineer and dispatcher training requirements. In particular, ATA believes that the proposal could adversely impact...
ALPA Pays Homage
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) honored aviation's best at its 55th Air Safety Awards banquet Aug. 6, bestowing accolades on crews and individual pilots for outstanding work in the fields of safety, security, pilot assistance, as well as extraordinary acts of airmanship and courage. A highlight of the...
DOT Probes Continental Tarmac Trap
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is investigating whether federal consumer protection laws were violated last week when 47 passengers were left stranded overnight on an airport tarmac in Rochester, MN. The DOT has asked Continental Airlines to explain why Continental Express Flight 2816, which left...
DOT IG Has Issues with FAA Grants
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded $36.3 million in economic stimulus money to low-priority airport construction projects, according to a watchdog report. Transportation Department Inspector General Calvin Scovel also concluded that the FAA awarded about $15 million in stimulus money to four...
Safety Board Issues Prelim on Fatal R44 Crash
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a preliminary report on the July 23 crash in Maryland that resulted in the deaths of all four aboard. The Robinson R44 helicopter (N7189W) struck a wire that crossed Interstate 70 near Boonsboro and crashed just off the highway. The certificated...
Industry/FAA Team on UAS
GE Aviation has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRDA) with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide a variety of operational and technical assessments to support integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) into the National Airspace System (NAS), including Next...
Unmanned Air Systems: The Future is Now
Defense and industry officials got a glimpse last week of the latest in unmanned systems technologies, which many concede is the wave of the future for the U.S. military. More than 5,000 people from 30 countries took part in the world's largest exhibition of ground robots and other unmanned systems at the...
Conference Unveils NextGen Task Force Recommendations
Aviation Today's Avionics Magazine and standards-setting organization RTCA have teamed to present a conference, "NowGen NEXT," September 15 in Washington, D.C. The one-day conference, featuring FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt as keynote speaker, will be the public unveiling of the recommendations...
Safety Webinar Examines Increasing Safety Issues
This year has seen some of the worst controversies surrounding aviation safety in more than a decade as analysts debate the impact of such accidents as Colgan Flight 3407, the subject of Senate hearings yesterday, as well as Air France 447. For that reason, Aviation Today is assembling four aviation safety...
Safety & Technology Trends
NavSat System on Fokker Aircraft Fokker Services announces the introduction of an integrated Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) for the Fokker 100 and Fokker 70. With the integrated GNSS system Fokker operators will be able to obtain a more accurate aircraft track keeping performance allowing for...
Security Shortlines
Dennis Dolan Cited for Security Role The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) has recognized retired Delta Capt. Dennis Dolan for his extraordinary efforts to advance aviation security. The award was presented during ALPA's Air Safety Forum. He led a task force in identifying vulnerabilities on the nation's...
Safety Rules & Regs
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A318, A319, A320, and A321. Final rule. SUMMARY: This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI describes the...
Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks July 08, 2009 Gulf of Mexico CESSNA 421C N4467D A/c destroyed after impacted waters of Gulf of Mexico, 25 nautical miles NW of Port Richey, FL. Five fatalities Pilot was in communication with Jacksonville ARTCC just prior to accident. Pilot said a/c...
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