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05/23/13 |
FAA
Warns On Improperly Installed 737 Classic Hose Clamps
Clamps improperly installed during
maintenance visits have been tied to at least three serious in-service fire and smoke incidents on
Boeing 737 Classics, prompting the FAA to warn operators and encourage compliance with a
Boeing-suggested fix. |
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05/15/13 |
FAA Bonuses
and the Sequester
Airline passengers were plenty angry last month when the Federal Aviation
Administration chose to impose flight delays rather than accept modest and more sensible budget
cuts. Those passengers will now be thrilled to learn what the FAA was funding instead of air-traffic
control. |
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05/10/13 |
American Airlines, subsidiaries to pay $24.9 million to settle FAA claims
American Airlines
and three subsidiaries have agreed to pay $24.9 million to the Federal Aviation Administration to
settle more than $162 million in claims that the agency had lodged against the airline company. |
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05/07/13 |
Gov’t watchdog: FAA safety oversight of repair stations servicing US airlines is ineffective
The government’s oversight of hundreds of domestic and overseas repair stations that service U.S.
airliners is ineffective and doesn’t target the factors most likely to present safety risks, the
Department of Transportation’s inspector general said Monday. |
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05/01/13 |
Bill Looks to Require Second Cockpit
Door
Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA.) on Monday announced the Saracini Aviation Safety Act,
which would require airlines to install a secondary cockpit barrier on commercial airplanes to
protect pilots and passengers from 9/11 style airliner attacks. |
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04/26/13 |
A Back
Seat for Safety at the FAA
If one thing is clear after this week’s National Transportation
Safety Board hearings on the certification of the Boeing 787’s lithium-ion battery, it is that the
Federal Aviation Administration and the industry it regulates share a cozy relationship that
sometimes takes a front seat to safety. |
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04/22/13 |
Airlines ask court to block FAA
furloughs
The nation's airlines asked a federal court on Friday to stop the imminent furlough
of air traffic controllers, saying the cuts could delay 6,700 flights daily with passengers waiting
up to four hours in some cases. |
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04/08/13 |
Educating Congress on the
MRO Industry
The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) told Congress in a letter
about the significant economic impact the aviation maintenance industry has in communities
throughout the country and urged lawmakers to keep the sector’s contributions and safety record in
mind when considering legislative proposals. |
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04/03/13 |
FAA Should Shut Most Air-Traffic Radar Rooms, Study Says
The U.S. Federal Aviation
Administration could save $1.7 billion up front and about $1 billion more annually by closing 187
air-traffic radar rooms and building consolidated centers to control flights over large regions, a
study found. |
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04/02/13 |
TSA Ban On MROs Impacting Airline Business
A backlog of foreign
repair station applications created by a byzantine U.S. congressional mandate is forcing airlines to
reconsider both expansion and contract maintenance strategies, because desired stations don't have
FAA-approved shops to work on U.S.-registered aircraft. |
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03/19/13 |
Many Small Plane Crashes Avoidable With Better Pilot Training, NTSB Says
For private plane
pilots, their final terrifying, twisting view of earth that leads to a crash is all too common and
devastating, but that could be avoided with proper training, the National Transportation Safety
Board tells ABC News. |
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03/13/13 |
U.S. Backs Boeing Plan for Testing 787 Battery
Boeing achieved a major milestone on Tuesday
as the Federal Aviation Administration approved its plan to test fixes for the battery problems that
have grounded its 787 jets since mid-January. |
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02/21/13 |
Boeing
seeks FAA’s OK for permanent 787 battery fix
A small team of top machinists at Boeing’s
Auburn plant is building high-strength containment boxes for the lithium-ion batteries on the 787 as
part of a redesign to get the planes flying again as soon as April. |
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02/13/13 |
FAA and industry Are advancing the Airline Safety Act, but challenges
remain to achieve its full measure
On January 31, 2013, the Department of Transportation
Office of the Inspector General issued a report on the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA)
progress and challenges in implementing the Airline Safety and FAA Extension Act of 2010 entitled
FAA and Industry Are Advancing the Airline Safety Act, but Challenges Remain To Achieve Its Full
Measure, Report No. AV-2013-037 (January 31, 2013). |
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02/06/13 |
FAA opposes airline regulation requiring toddler safety seats
A battle brewing between the
National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA over whether to create a rule requiring that
children under the age of two fly in child safety seats could soon affect how your kids fly. |
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02/05/13 |
FAA
mandates safety checks for older Piper planes
The Federal Aviation Administration is
requiring inspections on tens of thousands of older model Piper airplanes to check cables that
control tail surfaces. |
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01/23/13 |
FAA: Helicopters and Ice Don’t Mix
Less than two months after two possible weather-related
fatal crashes of EMS helicopters in Illinois and Iowa, the FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness
Information Bulletin covering recommendations for rotorcraft flying into snowy or icy conditions. |
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01/11/13 |
Airline crash
data group ranks world's safest airlines
If you're afraid of flying, you may want to book an
Asian or Middle East carrier rather a U.S. airline. That's at least according to a recent report
from a website that monitors plane crashes around the world. |
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01/08/13 |
In response to ARSA protest, FAA reverses maintenance duty time legal interpretation
In a
major victory for the aviation industry, on Dec. 26, 2012, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
withdrew its faulty legal interpretation of maintenance duty time limitations prescribed in Title 14
Code of Federal Regulations section 121.377. |
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01/07/13 |
NTSB Investigating Japan Airlines
Dreamliner Fire
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the cause of
a fire in the underbelly of a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Boston's Logan International
Airport on Monday. According to airport officials, airline mechanics reported seeing smoke
shortly after passengers exited the plane. |
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