ARTICLE: Aviation Safety: FAA’s Progress on Key Safety Initiatives On Tuesday, the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on the FAA’s progress on a number of key safety initiatives. Chairman Rockefeller established the parameters of…
ARTICLE: Bolen Renounces Obama Budget As Another Attack On Business Aviation User Fees Again Included In FY2014 Budget The President AGAIN has proposed a $100 a flight fee for each GA operation, as well as…
ARTICLE: FAA Should Shut Most Air-Traffic Radar Rooms, Study Says NextGen is a technological transformation of the air traffic control system from a ground based system to a one which uses satellites for navigational purposes….
ARTICLE: Spokane Airport Sues FAA to Stop Closing of Control Tower Cuyahoga County to fight FAA closure of airport control tower in Richmond Heights The Spokane Airport Board has filed the first appeal with the…
ARTICLE: FAA forced to prioritize workload Sequestration forces the FAA to prioritize workload? The Administrator made the startling admission that some work might not get done in the remainder of FY 2013. His draconian view…
Press Release – FAA Makes Tower Closing Decision On Friday, the Secretary of Transportation and the FAA Administrator issued a major press release, their unilateral decision to close some 149 contract towers. This important action…
ARTICLE: Operating Into a Non-Towered Airport? Tips and Tools Are Available Loud lamentations and plentiful petitions have been the standard fare by aviation groups in response to the FAA’s announcement that Contract Towers will be…
ARTICLE: Planned closure of nearly 240 air traffic control towers will strip away layer of safety This is but one of literally dozens of articles on the subject of sequestration-caused closure of air traffic control…