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The presidential inauguration on Jan. 20 is the first since 9/11, and the level of security for that day is unprecedented — but there may be more lasting changes, too. The general rule for general aviation is, stay away from D.C. — far, far away — from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m. on the 20th. […]

The FAA might be looking to hire thousands of new air traffic controllers, but that’s not stopping the agency from firing 15 air traffic controllers at the New York Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) because of discrepancies in their medical records. One controller already has been told he will be fired, and the National Air […]

All certified flight instructors and flight school staff must complete TSA security-awareness training by Tuesday, Jan. 18. The deadline applies to all CFIs, whether or not they intend to train foreign students, Robert Albracht, director of GA ops for the TSA, told AVweb yesterday. Luckily, compliance is fairly simple. The TSA program is available online, […]

Meanwhile, the Santa Monica (Calif.) Airport has been unfairly discriminating against business aircraft, the FAA said last week. (The FAA didn’t feel that way when, just to the south, about 100 smaller aircraft were kicked out of their hangars altogether at Palomar to make space for business aircraft facilities … apples and oranges, perhaps.) An […]

The Paso Robles (Calif.) Municipal Airport has banned ultralight operations, and has proposed new operating rules that would single out ultralight flyers for scrutiny, Denis Porter, president of the Paso Robles Ultralight Association, told AVweb on Tuesday. The airport said last month that ultralight operations were in violation of its operating permits and safety standards, […]

https://avweb.com/avmail/ Reader mail this week about frost contamination, lasers, and still more about controller and pilot retirement ages.

_______COLUMNS As the Beacon Turns #85: The Lost Art of Stick & RudderDid you think airline pilots — flying planes with heavy-duty landing gear and doing crabbed landings — never have to worry about stick-and-rudder skills? Wrong. AVweb’s Michael Maya Charles and some fellow pilots commiserate on the lack of basic flying skills in this […]

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