FAA awards LAX for giving away an airport; REALLY
The FAA awarded LAWA and OIAA the 2017 Herman C. Bliss Airports Partnership Award for the ONT transition back to the San Bernardino County authority.
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EASA’s 2017 Annual Safety Review includes valuable Aviation Safety INSIGHTS
The point of EASA’s annual review is to focus the community on continuously improving aviation safety throughout Europe.
ASRS’s CALLBACK gives feedback on NextGen Implementation
The June 2017 edition of NASA’s ASRS CALLBACK focuses on a series of issues involving the implementation of Metroplex procedures.
The Unseemly Public Debate between DHS & IATA
Two articles on carrying personal electronic devices (PEDs) on airplanes that are evidence of miscommunication between the Secretary of Homeland Security and the IATA Director General.
ATC Reform: As sides are drawn, AIA adds concrete content
The AIA explanation of its position creates a menu of concrete examples of what is needed to make the Reauthorization, if not ATC Reform, WORK.
IATA AGM presentation as a point of reference for US aviation safety
These IATA Annual General Meeting slides should confirm that the US is headed in the right direction and may well be ahead of the rest of the world.
The Cleveland Airport Snow Case now involves OSHA & its duplication of jurisdiction may hurt SMS
The Cleveland Airport snow case poses many duplicative powers created by the agreement between the FAA Administrator and OSHA. The overlap of authority were guarantees of future issues.
Congressional Deadlines are too easy; setting a Priority among existing NPRMs should be a requisite to such designation
The blind insertion of a new project into the FAA’s list of regulatory projects is not an expert exercise of legislative initiative. Transparent prioritization is the right policy.
Aircraft Certification Sector sends Mixed Messages to FAA
The FAA and Industry Guide to Product Certification has been issued. Aviation associations praise the FAA, but Congress seeks further reduction of the FAA.
ARSA provides the #s needed for stimulating AMT qualifications
ARSA conducted a survey to quantify the extent of the impact of this technician deficit plus it cast the personnel problem into revenue loss.