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In "The Case of the Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat," a federal appeals court has ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to review smaller seat sizes on U.S. flights. The Flyers Rights passenger advocacy group had asked the FAA to regulate seat size and distance between rows of seats in 2015, a request that aviation authorities refused to address because the concerns "related to passenger health and comfortdid not raise an immediate safety or security concern."
In the last few weeks, the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization bills have made their way around both houses of Congress, which will allow funding to the FAA to continue beyond Fall 2017. These bills contain lengthy and significant language that could greatly affect commercial and hobbyist drone operations in the U.S. Below is a summary of the main provisions in the House's bill: UAS Traffic Management System : Directs the FAA to initiate rulemaking within 18 months to establish procedures for issuing air navigation facility certificates to operators of low-altitude UTM systems.
Four bodies were recovered from the wreckage of a small plane crash on a remote mountainside near Kunia, northwest of Honolulu, CBS affiliate KGMB reports. The single-engine aircraft went missing Friday night, and authorities located it around 3:20 p.m. on Saturday above the Kunia Loa Ridge Farmlands.
WASHINGTON, July 28, 2017 : The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in a unanimous decision has granted airline passengers a rare victory, ruling that the Federal Aviation Administration had shown no reasonable basis for denying a 2015 petition by the passenger organization FlyersRights.org to institute rulemaking over ever-shrinking seat sizes. The Court rebuked the FAA for improperly relying on studies that were irrelevant, outdated or not in the record to conclude that seat size did not affect safety.
An appeals court panel says federal officials should reconsider whether to regulate the size of airline seats in the name of safety. On Friday, a three-judge panel for the federal appeals court in Washington found fault with the word the Federal Aviation Administration did before the agency rejected setting new regulations on seat size.
The Marine Corps has grounded its KC-130T aircraft following a crash that killed 15 Marines and one sailor in Mississippi. "Out of an abundance of caution, the Marine Corps took the prudent action not to fly our KC-130T aircraft in the wake of the mishap on July 10 until further notice," the Corps said in a statement Thursday.
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A pilot suffered minor injuries when their plane's nose wheel collapsed and the plane crashed this afternoon at San Jose's Reid-Hillview Airport, fire and Federal Aviation Administration officials said. Firefighters were called by air traffic controllers at 12:48 p.m. and when firefighters arrived the Piper PA-28's nose was on the runway, Capt.
The ban on laptops in the cabins of planes flying from the Middle East to the U.S. is over, as federal officials say that large airports in the region have taken other steps to increase security. Those measures include checking electronic devices to make sure they don't contain a bomb, and pulling more people out of airport lines for additional screening.
The Spokane City Council Meeting on Monday was about discussing an ordinance about climate change. Councilman Mike Fagan said he was not sure whether or not chemicals are being released into the air by aircrafts.
The US Navy is seeking a single-turbine-engined rotorcraft that could achieve an instrument flight rules certification: a requirement that could potentially limit the field of candidates in the service's TH-XX trainer helicopter recapitalisation competition. The navy will replace its ageing fleet of 113 Bell Helicopter TH-57 Sea Ranger trainers with 105 new aircraft, with production beginning in fiscal year 2020 or 2021, according to a 1 June request for proposals published on the Federal Business Opportunities website.
In this photo provided by ToniAnne Campasano Alvino, people at Gilbo Beach, N.Y., on Long Island watch the action after on the water after a Robinson R 44 helicopter made an emergency ocean landing Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Shane McMahon, the son of World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Vince McMahon, was a passenger on the aircraft, and neither he, nor the pilot were hurt.
A plan to privatize the nation's air traffic control operations has hit turbulence in the House, raising questions about whether one of President Donald Trump's infrastructure priorities can survive. The concept of splitting off air traffic control from the Federal Aviation Administration faces even longer odds in the Senate, but supporters were counting on backing from Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan to advance the measure.
Also: No $ For Mars?, Aero-Calendar, American A/L's Demotions, Bristell, Redbird VTO, New T-Birds!, Argentinian Air Force The nation's Congressional Budget Office says that H.R. 2997 would be costly -- as noted in their official summary published late this week. The document notes that, "H.R. 2997 would establish a federally chartered, not-for-profit corporation Corporation) to assume responsibility for operating the U.S. air traffic control system, a function currently performed by the FAA.
I would like to be able to drop off the grid with my LG running Android when I'm meditating, but still receive notifications. Can I do that with Airplane Mode? You're asking to have your proverbial cake and eat it too: You can't be "off the grid" and still receive notifications because they are diametrically opposed to each other.
The power and precision of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels will be on full display during the 65th annual EAA fly-in convention at Wittman Regional Airport on July 24-30 in Oshkosh, WI. The world's premier military jet team will be conducting airshow performances and speaking at forums throughout the week of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.
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Should the federal government privatize the nation's air traffic control system? The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are weighing the question in bills that would reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration for the next several years. They're also debating consumer issues, like whether to ban air passengers from making in-flight phone calls, how airlines should handle passengers bumped from flights, and whether to let airlines make fares look cheaper by excluding government-imposed fees from advertised prices.