http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Fri, 24 May 2013 2:31:22 EDT Could it be somehow symbolic that the announcement for President-Elect Obama’s choice for secretary of transportation was dead last in filling out his cabinet? And, could the two-year failure of the reauthorization legislation be reflective of a lack of political will to address issues the industry... http://www.aviationtoday.com/ran/categories/maintenance/CPI-Report-Outlines-Transportations-Failures_28508.html Mon, 22 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST Required by its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing which includes monthly operating reports, Frontier reported an operating loss of $5.8 million and a consolidated net loss of $30.4 million for the three-month period ending September 2008. Included in the net loss for the quarter was $16.6 million attributable to... http://www.aviationtoday.com/ran/categories/maintenance/Frontier-Reports-Financials_27906.html Mon, 24 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Ed Baranowski was promoted to managing director of maintenance for Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation, reporting directly to President and CEO James Rankin. In his new role, Baranowski will assume responsibility for all decisions relevant to airworthiness, serviceability, and flight safety, and will serve as... http://www.aviationtoday.com/ran/categories/maintenance/New-MX-Director-for-Air-Wis_27372.html Mon, 3 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters ordered the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to implement safety recommendations advanced by an Independent Review Team (IRT) formed in the wake of the Southwest Airlines maintenance snafu. However, the team found that airlines are 98 percent compliant... http://www.aviationtoday.com/ran/categories/maintenance/FAA-Air-Safety-Reforms-Ordered_25909.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT DAC International, Inc. received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration for its GEN-X Electronic Flight Bag System for Class 3 installation in a series of Bombardier regional jets. Installations can be accomplished under the operator’s choice of either Class 2 or Class 3 requirements... http://www.aviationtoday.com/ran/categories/maintenance/FAA-STC-For-DAC-Gen-X-Class-3-EFB_25204.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Without its data gathering programs such as Air Transportation Oversight System (ATOS), which prioritizes inspector work assignments using the Air Carrier Assessment tools to identify risks and Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP), which encourages aviation employees to voluntarily report safety information... http://www.aviationtoday.com/ran/categories/maintenance/Loss-of-Data-Mining-would-Forfeit-95-percent-of-Data_23982.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT After the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) cited fatigue in regional airline accidents, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says fatigue can affect aviation operations and now is the time to do something about it, according to RAN’s sister publication Air Safety Week, which reported on... http://www.aviationtoday.com/ran/categories/maintenance/FAA-Fights-Fatigue_23498.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT A bill – the Safe Aviation Facilities Ensure Aircraft Integrity and Reliability Act of 2008 – was introduced last week by Senators Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) covering stricter oversight of foreign repair stations, a move applauded by the Business Travelers Coalition, and... http://www.aviationtoday.com/ran/categories/maintenance/Foreign-Repair-Station-Bill-Introduced_22586.html Mon, 9 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT A new Safety Management System (SMS) was unveiled for Regional Airline Cargo Carrier Association (RACCA) members during its recent spring conference. The program was developed by the association’s Safety Committee, which dubbed it “SMS Lite,” is a simplified system based on a boilerplate... http://www.aviationtoday.com/ran/categories/maintenance/RACCA-Adopts-SMS_22587.html Mon, 9 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Twice during the recent Senate Aviation Subcommittee hearing into the merger between Delta and Northwest re-regulation was mentioned; once by no less than Subcommittee Chair John D. Rockefeller IV, (D-W.V.) who said, “I don’t discount myself entirely from consideration of re-regulation of the... http://www.aviationtoday.com/ran/categories/maintenance/Re-Regulation-Possibility-with-Consolidation_22005.html Mon, 19 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT