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October 12, 2009
Pilots Stand Down
The 13th edition of Safety Standdown, Bombardier's annual safety seminar, took place in Wichita, KA September 28 to October 1. FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt, NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman, and NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen delivered opening remarks at...
October 12, 2009
Babbit Backs NextGen Recommendations
A senior FAA official says a recent report on the Next Generation (NextGen) system will help reshape the nation's future air traffic control system. The findings of an RTCA industry/government task force gives the FAA the means to implement the ATC...
October 12, 2009
FAA Names Carriers that Ignored Safety Summit
Following the crash of a Colgan Air flight in Buffalo, NY in February, the FAA announced a "Call to Action" to discuss best practices and essential safety programs with carriers. The goal was to make sure that carriers, particularly regional jets...
October 12, 2009
Part 135 Pressure Cooker
Aviation Today recently conducted a webinar entitled Part 135 Operations: How to Handle the New Pressures. With the recent indictment of five Platinum Jet executives for illegal Part 135 operations, the stakes for operating without a Part 135 certificate just...
October 12, 2009
Manufacturers Discuss US-Mexico Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement
Mexican aerospace companies will gather in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, October 20 -22, at the Offshore Group's Aerospace Manufacturing in Mexico Conference. Ricardo Dominguez Quijano of the Mexican Professional Aeronautical Engineers Association will discuss the...
October 12, 2009
Safety & Technology Trends
Rosekind Nominated for NTSB The White House has nominated Mark R. Rosekind, Ph.D., an expert on fatigue and its effects on productivity and safe flight operations, to be a member of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The nomination was announced...
October 12, 2009
Security Shortlines
Criminal Deportees Fly Unescorted The Houston Chronicle reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials routinely put illegal immigrants unescorted on commercial flights for deportation, including some who are sex offenders or have other...
October 12, 2009
Safety Rules and Regs
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300, A310, and A300-600. Final rule. SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD), which applies to certain Airbus Model A300 and A310 series airplanes. That AD currently requires replacement...
October 5, 2009
Call-to-Action Dodgers to be IDed
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will shortly publish the names of those who have failed to respond to Administrator Randy Babbitt's June 24 call for voluntary measures to improve safety. Regional Airline Association President Roger Cohen says RAA...
October 5, 2009
FAA Gets Smart
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cleared Honeywell's Smartpath Precision Landing System, for use at U.S. airports, providing precise navigation service based on the global positioning system (GPS). The first U.S.-approved system is located in...
October 5, 2009
Avoiding Runway Jail Time
As the airline industry remains opposed to setting a time limit on how long passengers can be held hostage in airliners on the tarmac, an influential industry pioneer backs such a deadline---with strings attached---and industry experts suggest common sense...
October 5, 2009
Safety is No Secret
In the quest to continually advance aviation safety, The Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA), the Canadian Society of Air Safety Investigators and the Flight Safety Foundation are conducting an International Winter Operations Conference in Toronto this week...
October 5, 2009
Safety & Technology Trends
Sully Flies Again for US Airways Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, who piloted US Airways Flight 1549 during its emergency water landing on the Hudson River in January, has returned to work as a management pilot. In addition to his flying duties...
October 5, 2009
Security Shortlines
Body Bomber? It is reported that a 23-year-old Al Qaeda suicide bomber was able to smuggle up to a pound of explosives hidden within his rectum past layers of Saudi security and detonate his body bomb near the Saudi deputy interior minister in charge of...
October 5, 2009
Safety Rules & Regs
Notice of RTCA Government/Industry Air Traffic Management Advisory Committee. SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Government/Industry Air Traffic Management Advisory Committee. DATES: The meeting will be held...
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