FAA Updates Cockpit-Control Guidance for Touchscreens, Voice Commands
Draft guidance addresses human-factors concerns as cockpit controls move beyond switches and knobs.
Draft guidance addresses human-factors concerns as cockpit controls move beyond switches and knobs.
New FAA filing questions Mesa’s financial analysis and raises concerns about displaced training traffic.
New AD requires inspections of certain 912 and 914-series engines after production omissions were discovered.
New pathway allows eligible pilots with anxiety, depression and related conditions to receive subsequent Special Issuance medical certificates from their AMEs.
Agency projects advanced air mobility operations could grow to more than 1.6 million annual departures by Year 6.
Overall runway incursions declined slightly, while the FAA reported an increase in the most serious events.
Proposal would allow qualifying trainees at civilian flight schools to rely on their military flight physicals.
Aviation organizations want the agency to restrict broad distribution of personal information tied to aircraft registrations.
Kelly and Gallego cited GA departure procedures, established noise gates and projected community impacts.
Flights continued at Reagan National during the presidential helicopter’s departure from Washington.