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5 Mar 2010, 2:47 pm by Steven Taber
The agency has already asked the industry to restrict pilot commutes, because the risk of fatigue may be boosted by major carriers’ increasing use of regional jets with low-paid pilots who can’t afford motel rooms. [read post]
26 Feb 2010, 12:28 pm by Steven Taber
Jay Carpenter, former president of the Texas Aviation Association, also noted that Stack chose possibly the “least-effective” weapon he could have used, pointing to the relatively light weight of most private aircraft, including Stack’s plane, and the relatively low number of people killed and hurt. [read post]
19 Feb 2010, 12:39 pm by Steven Taber
Click here to read more A Year After Fatal Regional Airline Crash, Claims of Safety Progress Questioned. --- Joan Lowy, Associated Press, February 11, 2010 Little has been done in the year since the crash of a regional airliner near Buffalo, New York. [read post]
16 Feb 2010, 10:30 pm by Guest Blogger
One depicted an actual airline pilot (“This is so cool! [read post]
12 Feb 2010, 11:42 am by Steven Taber
The current pay scheme could and seems to have undermined safety, though the Regional Airlines Association president insisted profit never trumps safety. [read post]
5 Feb 2010, 1:50 pm by Steven Taber
The airport’s existing air traffic control tower is equipped with hardware that is several decades old and limits line of sight, preventing the use of a runway. [read post]
29 Jan 2010, 9:10 am by Steven Taber
Click here to read more Airliner Forced to Land After Colliding With Bird. --- Joan Lowy, Associated Press, January 22, 2010 A large bird was sucked into the right engine of United Flight 915’s Boeing 757-200 shortly after takeoff on Friday, January 22, 2010. [read post]
17 Jan 2010, 11:53 pm by Randall Reese
  Mesa, which provides regional airline service for major carriers such as US Airways Group and Delta Air Lines, filed for chapter 11 protection in New York on January 5, 2010. [read post]
11 Jan 2010, 9:42 pm by Steven Taber
Click here to read more FAA Reminds Employees to Act With Decorum. --- Associated Press, December 22, 2009 Hidden television news cameras showed Federal Aviation Administration employees partying while they were in Atlanta for a $5 million training program, prompting the FAA to remind its employees to act with decorum. [read post]
22 Dec 2009, 10:02 am by Steven Taber
” Click Here Flight Attendant Caught Wayward Pilots Unaware. --- Joan Lowy, Associated Press, December 16, 2009 The pilots of Northwest Airlines Flight 188, the plane that overshot its destination and was out of radio contact for over an hour, were not aware of the situation until a flight attendant called them on the intercom. [read post]
13 Dec 2009, 7:54 pm
The Kentucky Justice Association recently awarded its annual Consumer Safety Award to Captain Shane Sitts, a Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati-based airline pilot. [read post]
11 Dec 2009, 4:34 pm by Steven Taber
The FAA is specifically examining pilots’ duty hours, including each pilot’s number of take-offs and landings and the time of day of flights. [read post]
11 Dec 2009, 11:38 am by James Hamilton
House Passes Historic Financial Overhaul Legislation The House of Representatives passed historic legislation today overhauling the US financial regulatory system. [read post]
9 Dec 2009, 7:58 am by Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner
They used to service the small towns and rural areas where the large commercial airlines did not provide service, and some used the term “puddle jumpers” to refer to commuter or small, regional airline services. [read post]
4 Dec 2009, 1:05 pm by Steven Taber
John Meenan of the airline association says airports have too often used the money for projects they shouldn’t that the Federal Aviation Administration has been lax in approving. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 3:38 pm by Steven Taber
Click here for entire article Airline Industry Rescue Eyed. --- Associated Press, November 13, 2009 Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood promised that a special panel on the airline industry will be created, and that the panel would produce a “roadmap for the future of the aviation industry” within a year. [read post]