Content Archive: November 2006

Training and Workforce

Special Training Needed for Pilots Using Rnav SIDs

Operators using the new Rnav SID procedures at Dallas/Fort Worth and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airports can expect a visit from their princi
Aircraft

The Game’s On for Sport-Jet

Excel-Jet’s four-seat, single-engine very light jet, the Sport-Jet, flew for the first time this past weekend from Colorado Springs Airport.
Regulations and Government

Little Time Left To Comment on Tax Proposals

There is still a short time remaining to alert Congress about what NBAA calls “harmful” tax proposals in pending federal legislation.
ATC

ADS-B Lurches Onto Center Stage

While pilots agree that ADS-B is the next big thing for the National Airspace System, with FAA Administrator Marion Blakey describing it as the “FAA’s moon
ATC

New Gateway Airports Named for DCA Access

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today named Dallas Love Field, Memphis International and Milwaukee General Mitchell International as the n
Charter & Fractional

More Operational Control Workshops Scheduled

Starting with a session next Tuesday in Van Nuys, Calif., the FAA has scheduled seven more briefings on its proposed guidance policy on air carrier operati
Aircraft

Gulfstream Will Not Go It Alone on an SSBJ

Gulfstream Aerospace president Bryan Moss has dismissed the company’s long-discussed “Quiet Supersonic Jet” (QSJ).
Charter & Fractional

Swiss Startup Orders 50 Embraer Phenom 100s

Zurich-based startup JetBird announced it ordered 50 Phenom 100s, a very light jet under development by Embraer, for a planned European on-demand air taxi
Safety

Recommendations Repeated for Deicing Measures

As a result of its investigation into the Montrose accident, the NTSB recommended that the FAA “develop visual and tactile training aids” that show small a

European Bizav Traffic To Grow 50 Percent

A report issued last week by Eurocontrol projects that over the next 10 years Europe’s fleet of turbine business aircraft will grow by about 4 percent annu