ATM ModernizationAOPA: Sequestration Cuts Disproportionately Impact General Aviation Operations The $85 billion automatic across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration that went into effect last Friday will disproportionately impact the general aviation (GA) community, according to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association…
CommercialFAA Approves Certification Plan for Boeing 787 Battery Solution FAA has approved Boeing’s certification plan for the redesigned 787 Dreamliner battery system, the first step in the process to return the aircraft to commercial service. The agency grounded all in-service Boeing…
CommercialMcCaskill to Introduce Bill to Expand In-Flight Use of PEDs Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said she will begin drafting legislation to expand the use of personal electronic devices (PEDs) on commercial airline flights in the United States. McCaskill, who sent a letter…
CommercialStill No Cause Found in 787 Battery Investigation The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has not yet found out what caused the battery fire aboard the Japanese Airlines 787 Dreamliner in January at Boston’s Logan International Airport. In an interim…
ATM ModernizationFAA Issues Furlough Notices, Congress Reacts FAA sent furlough notices to the majority of its 47,000 employees on Tuesday to adjust its operating budget following the automatic federal spending cuts known as sequestration that were enacted last week.…
CommercialRockwell Collins: ‘Sequestration is a Major Setback' Rockwell Collins anticipated sequestration by adjusting infrastructure and reducing operating costs for its fiscal year 2013 budget, but the Iowa-based aerospace and defense manufacturer is disappointed to see that the government was…
ATM ModernizationHuerta: Air Traffic Controllers Will Be Furloughed Under Sequestration FAA Administrator Michael Huerta told the House Subcommittee on Aviation on Wednesday his agency cannot avoid furloughing its employees under its $600 million in automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect this…
ATM ModernizationLaHood: Sequestration Could Close Over 100 Air Traffic Control Towers U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood shared more details about the potential impacts of the looming federal spending cuts known as sequestration Friday, saying that his department is in discussion with unions to…