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Taxi-into-position-and-hold (TIPH) (scroll down to 3-9-4) clearances can speed up operations but they can also put aircraft in direct conflict if things go awry and recent stirrings suggest the FAA may be moving toward a nationwide ban on the practice. According to numerous e-mails received by AVweb, the practice will officially end March 20, but […]

Reader feedback on AVweb’s news coverage and feature articles: https://avweb.com/avmail/ Reader mail this week about ATC, D.C. airspace, round-engine nostalgia and more.

COLUMNS Probable Cause #1: Breakup In FlightAVweb introduces a twice-monthly column investigating accidents and presenting lessons learned from them. This week in Probable Cause, we look at whether a faulty switch brought down a twin-turboprop. Quick recognition and a thorough scan could possibly have saved the day. This report first appeared in AVweb‘s sister publication, […]

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HAVE YOU SIGNED UP yet for AVwebs NO-COST twice monthly Business AVflash? Reporting on breaking news, Business AVflash also focuses on the companies, the products and the industry leaders that make headlines in the Business of Aviation. Business AVflash is a must read. Watch for a Business AVflash regular feature, TSA WATCH: GA IN THE […]

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COLUMNS Say Again? #60: ATC 303 — Bedrock ATCThe history, the basics and the bedrock of ATC is all about making sure two planes don’t get to the same point in space at the same time. You thought the space-time continuum only had to do with Einstein? Not even close, as AVweb’s Don Brown discusses […]

Airline executives who make up the Air Transport Association, which represents most of the major carriers in the U.S. have agreed to accept a system of user fees to replace ticket taxes “and other fees” currently collected to fund the FAA’s now $14.3 billion budget, according to a Bloomberg News report. The collection of some […]

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University say the FAA and FCC should maintain their bans on cellphone use on airliners and consider broadening the ban to computers and other non-broadcasting electronic devices. Airlines should also be compelled to install monitoring equipment so pilots can detect signals that might disrupt their instruments. The researchers found that the […]