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____________AVIATION LAW Traps: Business Flying And The “Compensation Or Hire” RuleIn this age of fractional ownership, limited liability companies andshell companies to protect a private aircraft, pilots and aircraftowners and operators need to be extra careful about what kind of flyingthey do when passengers pay for some or all of the flight. _______COLUMNS Northbound!There is […]

FAA field offices that have gone above and beyond in customer service to aviation businesses can be nominated for the National Air Transportation Association’s Customer Service Excellence Award. Offices will be judged on communication, regulatory compliance advising, regulation application and timeliness in responding to regulated party needs. Only NATA members can nominate and the deadline […]

Airlines … Corporate … Airlines … Corporate … Airlines … Corporate …Enough already!You — you’re the odd one. You joined the aviation fraternity for something entirely different. Hauling 50 RJ passengers crammed into an aluminum tube from “A” to “B” as an air transport driver is not your cup of tea. Catering to the whims […]

“The primary purpose of the ATC system is to prevent a collision between aircraft operating in the system and to organize and expedite the flow of traffic.”Sounds simple doesn’t it? That one sentence is the meat and potatoes of Air Traffic Control. It’s amazing how complex the system has to be to accomplish that one […]

The FAA has made the VFR transition “mini-route” across the east end of Los Angeles International (LAX) available anytime, as of yesterday, AOPA reported this week. Since the establishment of the route by the FAA in June 2002, internal logistical problems at the tower had restricted its availability, AOPA said, and it was open only […]

It had been a lousy afternoon. Dealing with a case involving someone from the dregs of aviation always depresses me, but this one had been worse than usual. When everything was over for the day, the only thing I could think to do was to retreat to the pilot’s lounge at the virtual airport. With […]

Today might not be the best for traveling in Australia. The nation’s airline pilots were threatening to throttle back near airports, ostensibly to prevent colliding with light aircraft they claim have been thrown into their airspace by new airspace designations and regulations, which, incidentally, are modeled after the U.S. system. “People who are probably the […]

In the eye of the security storm around Washington, FAA officials brace for a rash of airspace violations whenever good VFR weather happens on the weekend. And if it’s not enough that F-16s and Blackhawks are sent in pursuit of the numerous real targets that blunder into the Washington zones, sometimes they have to chase […]

ADIZ Incursions Unless you fly regularly near Washington, D.C., you might be unaware — as I was recently — that the ADIZ exists, and that probably accounts for many of the 600+ incursions since it was started (NewsWire, Nov. 13). Also the ADIZ is not tiered like the Class B airspace around DCA, which further […]

One of the less pleasant aspects of my job is the fact that I occasionally have to work a midnight shift. The biggest challenge for me (besides staying awake) is finding something useful to do. Fortunately my Area doesn’t have a freighter operation (yet) so I spent the quiet parts of the shift trying to […]