General aviation proponents, national and local, are far more aggressive now than in the past seeking and getting favorable news reporting, giving many in the industry reason for optimism. Helping to get this more favorable reporting is the dedicated work... Continue Reading →
User fee decision only a breather
Posted on February 7th, 2010 by Charles Spence
General aviation groups and many members of Congress gleefully commented on President Obama’s decision to not ask for general aviation fees in the 2011 budget, but all agree there is a need to keep their guards up to prevent the... Continue Reading →
Aviation security remains in the spotlight
Posted on January 31st, 2010 by Charles Spence
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Confusion, confessions, and condemnation marked hearings by two Senate committees on the same day over aviation security and the Transportation Security Administration. Erroll Southers’ withdrawal of his name to be administrator of the TSA added to the... Continue Reading →
Controllers want to know about FAA realignment of air control facilities
Posted on January 28th, 2010 by Charles Spence
A special committee of the National Air Traffic Control Association wants to dissect and review the FAA’s plan to split and/or close Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facilities from their accompanying airport control towers in many locations and move those... Continue Reading →
GAO says FAA not doing enough for regional airport planning
Posted on January 27th, 2010 by Charles Spence
The national airspace system will face serious congestion in the near future unless the Federal Aviation Administration does more to utilize regional airport planning to help address system delays, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Continue Reading →
GA responds to Haiti crisis
Posted on January 25th, 2010 by Charles Spence
General aviation at all levels marshaled forces to take aid to the survivors of the massive earthquake that hit Haiti earlier this month. Continue Reading →
Southers withdraws from TSA nomination
Posted on January 20th, 2010 by Charles Spence
President Barack Obama will have to look for a new person to nominate to be administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) after Erroll Southers withdrew his name from consideration. Southers cited distractions caused by his position regarding possible unionization... Continue Reading →
Confirmation of new TSA director delayed
Posted on January 11th, 2010 by Charles Spence
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Errol Southers was nominated last August by President Obama to be director of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), but his confirmation has been delayed in the Senate, meaning the agency that deals directly with aviation security has... Continue Reading →
FAA reauthorization hits another snag
Posted on December 27th, 2009 by Charles Spence
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The FAA has had its problems getting reauthorization on track. To keep the agency in business, Congress has passed yet another temporary extension, something that has been going on for more than two years. Even some Senators... Continue Reading →
Homeland Security asked to review how pilots are vetted
Posted on December 16th, 2009 by Charles Spence
A request to the Department of Homeland Security could bring about a closer look at holders of airman certificates to find possible security threats. Concerned that reports show people with connections to terrorism and other criminal activities hold valid airman... Continue Reading →
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