WASHINGTON, D.C. — General aviation won major skirmishes in its user fee battle late last month , but the FAA reauthorization bill is a long way from completion. Please share: Continue Reading →
FAA administrator moves on: Successor will jumpinto the user fee debate
Posted on September 7th, 2007 by Charles Spence
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Marion Blakey’s term as FAA administrator expires Sept. 13. She will become president of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), the lobbying trade group of companies involved primarily with military and commercial aerospace. Continue Reading →
ATC facilities falling apart: Leaky roofs, asbestosand snakes just afew of the problems
Posted on August 10th, 2007 by Charles Spence
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Air traffic control facilities are in such bad repair that the FAA told Congressional investigators that it estimates the backlog of maintenance costs is between $250 million and $350 million — yet the last two years the... Continue Reading →
A sigh of relief – and a warning: House passes FAA reauthorization bill without user fees
Posted on July 20th, 2007 by Charles Spence
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Passage by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of the FAA Reauthorization legislation — without user fees — brought some level of relief to the general aviation community, but also a warning that user fee opponents cannot... Continue Reading →
Increased security in the works: Expect stricterr egulations later this year
Posted on July 6th, 2007 by Charles Spence
WASHINGTON, D.C. — After security measures were established for commercial aviation, general aviation has been waiting for the other shoe to drop to see what might be planned for personal and business flights. It’s dropping. Continue Reading →
FAA moves to consolidate air traffic control facilities: But faces opposition from controllers, elected officials
Posted on June 22nd, 2007 by Charles Spence
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Should air traffic control facilities be consolidated? Continue Reading →
The numbers don’t add up: Airlines claim they pay 95% of ATC costs, but FAA numbers prove that’s false
Posted on June 8th, 2007 by Charles Spence
The Air Transport Association (ATA), the trade association that represents the airlines, began running television advertisements in airports around the country, late in May. Continue Reading →
Pilot error blamed in Lidel crash
Posted on May 18th, 2007 by Charles Spence
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was pilot misjudgment, incomplete planning, and airmanship that caused the accident last October in which Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor, Tyler Stanger, died when their Cirrus SR20 hit an apartment building in Manhattan. Continue Reading →
Should we trust the FAA? Its employees don’t
Posted on May 4th, 2007 by Charles Spence
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Management of the FAA and its controllers have been at loggerheads for many months. Now a report in The Washington Post reveals groups of other employees, as well, have problems with management. Continue Reading →
Are we preaching to the choir? Some say general public needs to be included in debate about user fees
Posted on April 20th, 2007 by Charles Spence
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The current differences over user fees and air traffic control modernization is not an aviation issue, but an air commerce matter, a former FAA administrator declared at a forum sponsored here by the United States Chamber of... Continue Reading →
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