ARTICLE: FAA and Repair Stations: Watch Out Accountable Managers! You agreed to be listed as the Accountable Manager on your Part 145 certificate; someone had to be named there to respond to the FAA. You…
PRESS RELEASE: AOPA Launches ‘Rusty Pilots Initiative’ Program Designed To Help Lapsed Pilots Get Back In The Air The new President of AOPA is moving his organization in ways which address two major policy themes…
PRESS RELEASE: Wagstaff becomes AOPA Ambassador The story of aviation needs to be told. There are many primed to criticize or cast aspersions about what we do. Past images of who we are and what…
ARTICLE: US Army Plans to Cut 3 of 13 Aviation Brigades by 2019 The long term impact of Sequestration may have a positive impact. For many years, retiring military pilots have created a pool of…
REPORT: AVIATION WORKFORCE: Current and Future Availability of Airline Pilots The Government Accountability Office was asked to examine the issue of whether there is, or soon will be, a pilot shortage. The above-linked report really…
ARTICLE: Airline Professionals Association Teamsters Local 1224 and Silver Airways Partner to Begin Addressing Pilot Shortage As noted here, there is a need for novel approaches to the oft-cited shortage of pilots. This space has…
ARTICLE: Training center for pilots planned at Phoenix Goodyear Airport The confluence of a number of factors, but primarily new regulatory requirements, has made it abundantly clear that there is an immediate need for pilots….
Article: Huerta: FAA, Industry Will Work Together To Improve GA Safety Administrator Meets With GA Leaders In Washington, D.C. The Administrator held a meeting with the aviation leaders to talk about General Aviation safety. While…