Get ready for flight delays and more sitting out on the tarmac for hours if automated federal budget cuts take place this coming Friday, March 1, according to NPR. Congress will have to act in order for this s0-called sequestration…
NTSB Seeks Stricter Tests On Boeing 787 Batteries
Federal safety officials are still going back and forth, and doing some finger-pointing, over the lithium-ion batteries that have proved so problematic on Boeing’s new 787 jets. The New York Times Friday had a story in which Deborah Hersman, the…
Families Of Flight 3407 Get Air Safety Bill Passed And Signed By Obama
The family and friends of those who were killed in last year’s crash outside of Buffalo, N.Y., have finally seen the bill they lobbied for become law. On Sunday President Obama signed an aviation safety bill that has been the cause celeb…
Philadelphia Air Controllers Transition to Next-Gen Air Transportation Technology
In another step to modernize the national airspace system, flight controllers in the Philadelphia area now have the capability to use a satellite-based system to more efficiently and safely track and separate aircraft, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=11337 “This…
FAA says Hackers broke into agency computers
Date: 2/10/2009 By JOAN LOWYAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers broke into the Federal Aviation Administration’s computer system last week, accessing the names and Social Security numbers of 45,000 employees and retirees. The agency said in a statement Monday…