Recent Aviation Articles page 6

Seattle Times - It would likely provide for U.S. aviation and other military assets to protect Iraq's borders, as well as financial and other governmental assistance for several years, officials said. The plan also outlines how U.S. commanders should carry out the ...

New York Post - Charles Schumer called the Federal Aviation Administration's proposal "counterproductive half-measures rather than taking common-sense steps to reduce gridlock." In March, the FAA called for a maximum of 80 takeoffs and landings and hour at JFK ...

Detroit Free Press - Jason Speer plans to be part of history on Thursday in Singapore when he and about 470 other travelers board the first-ever commercial flight of the new Airbus A380. But the 32-year-old Chicago-area manufacturing executive and aviation enthusiast is ...

Miami Herald - Members of Congress and aviation safety experts Monday criticized NASA's refusal to release the results from an extensive survey of pilots that may help pinpoint potential safety lapses in the country's aviation network. The reaction came in response ...

Los Angeles Times - If we don't do that, we're stuck in sequel after sequel. The late great Hal Fishman, master of all things aviation and disaster-related, was a champion until death of L.A. County buying its own super-scooper aircraft. So was Topanga resident Tony Morris ...

Detroit Free Press - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- A national survey of pilots by the U.S. government has found that safety problems like near collisions and runway interference occur far more frequently than previously recognized. The government has been withholding the ...

Forbes - CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: GLUX) today announced that the airline has been forced to take legal action against the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers ...

Newsday - NASA gathered the information under an $8.5 million safety project, through telephone interviews with roughly 24,000 commercial and general aviation pilots over nearly four years. Since ending the interviews at the beginning of 2005 and shutting down ...

St. Petersburg Times - In the first quarter of 2006, Delta and its Delta Connection affiliates flew slightly more passengers, according to OAG Back Aviation Solutions, a national aviation consulting firm. Southwest was well ahead in the first three months of 2007, with 21 ...

Baltimore Sun - While veteran controllers bail out in unprecedented numbers and air travelers experience record delays, the Federal Aviation Administration has issued a series of all-is-well pronouncements about its work force. The National Air Traffic Controllers ...