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It was a typical pre-9/11 afternoon as we approached White Plains.New York Tracon handed us off to White Plains Tower and the controllers were issuing their usual rapid-fire instructions to the arriving mass of airline, regional, business and general aviation aircraft.The frequency was so congested that most of the arriving aircraft were unable to read […]

This week, we would like to know your thoughts on holiday travel. For AVweb’s Question of the Week, click here. PREVIOUS RESULTS We received over 800 responses to our question last week on ground obstructions. The majority (70 percent) of our respondents consider radio towers to be a flight hazard — 5 percent did not. […]

The FAA has opened the door another crack to better integration of GPS navigation. A new proposed rule will allow GPS-equipped pilots to fly charted GPS routes through Class B airspace and to fly at lower altitudes along airways where ground-based radar coverage limits minimum altitudes. Once it becomes a final rule, the FAA can […]

What is this CRM stuff we’ve been hearing so much of lately? I can tell you some of the things it isn’t. Although air carriers may call it Company Resource Management, and the manufacturers of some air carrier aircraft in their manuals refer to Crew Resource Management, the FAA (Friendly Feds) mean Cockpit Resource Management […]

Government To Declare ATC “Commercial”… After two years of crying wolf, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) says it has the teeth marks to prove the government intends to contract out its members’ jobs. NATCA spokesman Doug Church said the union was notified Wednesday that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated […]

Among the many things that have surprised me in writing for AVweb, one of the most surprising has been the number of military fliers that I’ve heard from. I don’t know why it surprised me. There certainly are enough of them. I guess I just never thought they’d be interested in what I have to […]

If you’re flying in Texas, today, please heed this reminderthat the president … or someone else important … is at his Crawford ranchovernight. The usual flight restrictions have been replaced by a TFR with aradius of 30 nautical miles and a ceiling of 18,000 feet. It’s in effect from 5p.m. local time today through noon […]

Call and call frequently. Over the weekend, the FAApublished NOTAM2/1730 that enlarged P-40, the Restricted Area around Camp David near Thurmont,Md., to twice the size of combined P-40 and R-4009 depicted on the special new”Blue Dot” Baltimore-Washington VFR Terminal Area Chart. Issued onAugust 8, the Blue Dot chart shows P-40 as a circle with a […]

The controller rapped out the approach clearance with the ease of ordering a pizza: “Cross HOLOW at 3000, cleared approach, radar service terminated, change to advisory frequency approved, report canceling IFR this frequency or on the ground with flight service.” The airplane was miles from the airport, and the pilot later said that he “felt […]

Recently, a proposal was sent to the U.S. Department of Transportation outlining an idea to allow flight instructors to conduct air-taxi flights without taking Part 135 checkrides. The author’s intent was to help make flight instruction a career choice in itself rather than a stepping stone. AVweb presents the original proposal and two point-counterpoint views […]