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| 03.22.2010 |
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American Air in FAA 'Doghouse'
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has hit American Airlines with $300,000 in new fines over maintenance issues. The FAA says American's mechanics put off maintenance last year on pitot tubes. The aviation agency said mechanics noted problems with a...
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| 03.22.2010 |
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Full Body Scanners: No Panacea
The push to deploy full body scanners at airports worldwide will cost U.S. taxpayers roughly $3 billion over eight years. But it is unclear that the devices would have prevented the Christmas Day terrorist attack involving a Northwest Airlines jetliner...
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| 03.22.2010 |
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FAA/Wayward Northwest Pilots Enter Deal
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says two Northwest Airlines pilots whose licenses were revoked after they flew past their destination last year have agreed to drop their appeal of the FAA's disciplinary action. In return, the grounded aviators will...
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| 03.22.2010 |
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Hersman: Fatigue Major Threat to Transport Workers
Are we getting enough sleep? How does skipping or shortening a night's rest affect your job? Those questions may seem harmless in the context of professions that involve a large percentage of time sitting at a desk while looking at a computer screen, but in...
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| 03.22.2010 |
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TSB Watchlist Includes Runway Concerns
The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has released its latest "Watchlist" that points to critical safety issues troubling Canada's transportation system. Singled out by the Board was the risk of runway collisions, controlled flight into terrain...
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| 03.22.2010 |
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Judicial Meddling in Safety Probes
During the 22nd Annual European Aviation Safety Seminar held in Lisbon, Portugal last week, the Flight Safety Foundation embraced recommendations to form a Multidisciplinary Task Force of legal experts from the aviation industry, law enforcement, judicial...
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| 03.22.2010 |
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Air France 'Black Box' Search to Resume
The search for the flight data and cockpit voice recorders of Air France Flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic last year killing all 228 people on board, will resume on 25 March, according to Le Figaro. The French newspaper said France's air accident...
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| 03.22.2010 |
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FAA Ordered to Cough Up Cash
On March 4, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) denied the Federal Aviation Administration's appeal challenging a decision by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) to pay Air Trek, a Florida-based air ambulance operator, attorney fees and expenses in...
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| 03.22.2010 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
Purdue University Adopts FDM Purdue University's Department of Aviation Technology is factory-equipping its fleet of new Cirrus training aircraft with GA-FDM's predictive Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) and recording systems. The GA-FDM system, already used by...
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| 03.22.2010 |
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Security Shortlines
Airport Vending Machine Ban Tossed It is reported that a federal appeals court has ruled that Raleigh-Durham International violated the First Amendment when it banned newspaper vending machines in 2004. A three- judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of...
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| 03.22.2010 |
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Safety Rules & Regs
Boeing 777 Software. The FAA wants new software installed on Boeing 777s to prevent crew from inadvertently engaging the autopilot before takeoff. The problem can result in a high-speed rejected takeoff and increase the chance of a runway overrun. Boeing says...
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| 03.22.2010 |
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Accidents & Incidents
Date Aircraft Type Narrative Death/Injury Remarks Feb 01, 2010 Watertown, NY CESSNA 402C N121PB A/c operating as Cape Air Flight 1805 substantially damaged during landing overrun on Runway 7 at Watertown International (ART). As pilot received ATC clearance...
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| 03.15.2010 |
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AA: Even More Maintenance Fines
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing more maintenance-related penalties against American Airlines. The FAA plans to fine American $787,500 for three cases of alleged maintenance problems. In the first case, which occurred in April 2008, the...
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| 03.15.2010 |
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New Aircraft Viable via NextGen
Advanced short-runway airliners and large commercial tiltrotors could boost the capacity of the U.S. air transport system without impacting conventional aircraft operations, once the FAA's NextGen airspace system is fully implemented. That's the conclusion of...
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| 03.15.2010 |
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North Sea Air Safety Improves
NATS Services is now using a Sensis Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) system in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland for helicopter flight following. Air traffic controllers are using the WAM surveillance information as a supplement to established procedural...
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| 03.15.2010 |
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FAA Installs SMS
The FAA's Air Traffic Organization (ATO) is now operating under a Safety Management System (SMS), thus enabling the U.S. aviation agency to manage the risks associated with changes in the National Airspace System (NAS) that include installing, modifying and...
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| 03.15.2010 |
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ATSB Slams Jetstar Pilot Training
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) report on the July 21, 2007 incident at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport involving an Airbus A320 points to major shortfalls in pilot training at Jetstar, a Qantas subsidiary. Jetstar changed its operating...
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| 03.15.2010 |
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Search for Air France Black Boxes Delayed
The search for the cockpit voice and flight data recorders of the Air France Airbus A330 that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean while flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on June 1 has been delayed by weather conditions and trouble getting a specialized search...
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| 03.15.2010 |
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Safety & Technology Trends
New Brand at FAA Beginning with the March/April 2010 issue, FAA Aviation News is changing its name to FAA Safety Briefing to more accurately reflect the magazine's safety mission. The FAA Safety Briefing will provide pilots, aviation maintenance technicians...
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| 03.15.2010 |
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Security Shortlines
AAAE and TSA Meet Over Security Representatives of AAAE and other aviation industry associations recently met with TSA Assistant Administrator for Security Technology Robin Kane and his staff regarding deployment of new technology at the passenger screening...
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