FAA Issues Final Rule On Fix For Boeing 747 Crew Seat Malfunction
In the directive that the FAA published to the Federal Register on February 12, the regulator noted that the notice of ...
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Over 90% of U.S. airport towers are understaffed, data shows
Less than 10% of the nation's airport terminal towers have enough air traffic controllers to meet a set of standards set by a working group that included the Federal Aviation Administration and ...
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Virginia senator concerned about future of Federal Aviation Administration staffing after plane crash near Reagan National Airport
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (DC News Now) – U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) was in Falls Church on Friday where he talked about concerns he has around Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) staffing. After the ...
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FAA restricts helicopter routes in DC region
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday announced it would restrict ... ensuring the safety of airplane and helicopter traffic.” “This is part of the U.S. Department of ...
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FAA is facing a 10-year-old lawsuit over allegations of race based hiring of air traffic controllers
The lawsuit centers on allegations that the FAA, during the Obama administration, dropped a skill-based system for hiring controllers and replaced it with a “biographical assessment” to boost the ...
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Federal employees, including FAA, received email encouraging them to resign a day after DC plane crash: report
Federal employees — including ones within the FAA — received a letter from the government urging them to find other jobs a day before and the day after the disastrous Washington, DC ...
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FAA restricts helicopter flights near Reagan National Airport after crash: reports
According to reports, the FAA has restricted helicopter flights near ... Recent reports from the Associated Press state that most helicopters from parts of two helicopter routes near Reagan ...
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FAA embroiled in lawsuit alleging it turned away 1,000 applicants based on race — that contributed to staffing woes
The Federal Aviation Administration is fighting a class-action lawsuit alleging it denied 1,000 would-be air traffic controllers jobs because of diversity hiring targets — as it was revealed ...
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Flight 5342: White House scrambles to fill top FAA role after previous leader was targeted by Elon Musk
President Trump named an interim replacement for the vacant position of FAA administrator, following the catastrophe of Flight 5342. The previous leader resigned a day before Trump’s ...
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Airspace safety: What FAA data reveals about close calls at RDU
That was in 1997 when a US Airways flight that was landing came within about 200 feet of a Cessna. It's hard to know exactly what happened from this data because there is no narrative. The rest of ...
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In light of DC crash, Sen. Cantwell calls for the FAA to be ‘a far more … aggressive agency’
said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) “needs to be a more aggressive ... Evolution of an Art Form.” In collaboration with the renowned Barbican Centre in London, the limited-time ...