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Maintenance and Modifications

PMA Parts: Baseless controversy or industry problem?

“As an OEM we look at the product as a whole and not just as a collection of individual parts.
Safety

Security Directors Assigned to 450 Busiest Airports

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport directors are being assigned to 450 of the busiest U.S.
Charter & Fractional

Fired pilots and Flight Options settle lawsuit

A lawsuit in which four former Raytheon Travel Air pilots alleged they were fired because of their union-organizing activities when the company merged with
Security

Euro airports and FBOs also heighten security

In Europe, reaction to September 11 included shock, outrage, empathy and resolve.
Training and Workforce

Hijackers trained at U.S. flight schools

No one believed for a moment that any hijacked airline pilot would fly a fuel-laden Boeing into the World Trade Center or the Pentagon, even with a gun to
ATC

RVSM remains a challenge for many

With only about 15 months left to go before the start of domestic reduced vertical separation minimums (DRVSM) in the U.S., the clock is ticking for busine
Security

Extra Security Requirements Could Be Too Onerous for Regional Airlines

Regional airlines, long dependent on the efficiencies their comparatively low cost structures bring, have watched increased security burdens since Septembe
Rotorcraft

Helitankers stand at the ready to douse this year’s wildfires

Despite the media attention on the Montana fires last summer and Southern California fires in October, last year’s fire season didn’t come even close to be
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Training and Workforce

Ditching training pays off

“One last thing.
Regulations and Government

DOT bashes Stars, calls on FAA to stem runaway cost

In a September 9 report to the FAA Administrator, the DOT’s inspector general called upon the agency “to reevaluate the costs of Stars [the standard termin
ATC

Washington Report: No Foul, but Was There Any Harm?

After investigating an allegation that the FAA destroyed an audiotape of six New York Center controllers’ accounts of the 9/11 attacks, Transportation insp
FBOs

FBOs move to step up security in bid to minimize federal impact

As all of aviation faces a new reality, FBOs are among the most profoundly affected by upgraded security measures.
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Regulations and Government

Washington Report: AIA Lauds Senator’s Floor Speech

Aerospace Industries Association president and CEO John Douglass commended Sen.
Regulations and Government

Congressional Observer: June 2004

Ah, yes, there is considerable trouble in River City, and it isn’t a pool hall like in the 1950s Broadway musical.
Accidents

Factual Report: Malibu turboprop mod breaks up in thunderstorms

PIPER PA-46-310P OSTEEN, FLA., JUNE 14, 2002–Flying in an area of thunderstorms, Piper Malibu N9143B, a JetProp turboprop conversion, lost its right
Regulations and Government

Signs of recovery tainted as EC wages regulatory assault

Two years on from the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Europe’s regional airlines are still struggling to recover from some of the toughest business conditions they
Aircraft

Single-engine t-props attract business fliers

When Charles Lindbergh began planning one of the first truly long cross-country solo flights in 1927 everyone understood the risks inherent in a 3,000-mile
Accidents

Factual Report: Loss of Control leads to Conquest breakup

CESSNA 425 CONQUEST I, SAN JOSE, CALIF., MARCH 6, 2002–At 10:35 a.m., Conquest I N444JV experienced a loss of control and broke up in flight in IMC.
Accidents

Final Report: Black hole in the desert

ROCKWELL COMMANDER 690A, BISHOP, CALIF., AUG.
Training and Workforce

Take a Breather

On the day of AIN’s visit to Survival Systems, a group of paramedics was finishing up a two-day course on the use of emergency breathing systems–sma
Accidents

Final Report: Thrust reversers fail on Learjet

BOMBARDIER LEARJET 25C, LEXINGTON, KY., AUG.
FBOs

Mercury now easier to find at LAX

For all those who have struggled to locate the Mercury Air Centers FBO at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)–both airside and streetside–relief is at
FBOs

Some airport tenants cry foul at CRQ

Pilots at McClellan-Palomar Airport (CRQ) near San Diego have filed a complaint with the FAA against airport management, claiming they’re being unjustly e
Airports

Dusseldorf imposes new slot fee

Germany’s Dusseldorf Airport is to introduce a new E160 ($176) “slot allocation charge” for each takeoff and landing, which operators have to pay even if t
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Insurance rates to stabilize as availability shrinks

Corporate aviation operators at all levels received good and bad news from insurance representatives at the 26th annual Aviation Insurance Association conf
FBOs

San Jose Jet Center complex now open

Hangar space in Silicon Valley increased by 47,000 sq ft this summer when San Jose Jet Center opened its new terminal/hangar complex known as Hangar E.
FBOs

TTN & Ronson Aviation mark a milestone

This month marks 75 years of service at Mercer County Airport in Trenton, N.J.
Engines

Signs of life begin to emerge at moribund Dornier factory

The empty hangars at Oberpfaffenhofen airfield outside Munich reflect a stark impression of the decline Germany’s aerospace industry has experienced over t
Regulations and Government

Politics count more than need in PSO game

Local politics–not economic necessity or distance from commercial centers–might influence the administration of Europe’s public-service obligation (PSO) ai