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Threat Assessment And Lethal Force Although many nationally broadcast early reports said the man shot dead by federal air marshals in a Miami jetway on Dec. 8 cried out that he had a bomb as he ran down the aisle of an airliner — as officials had told reporters — follow-up reports have recently highlighted […]

Nav Canada says in its proposal that it “seems fair and reasonable” that even small aircraft, if they want to use the busiest airports, should pay an additional charge. The charge would also serve as an incentive for small aircraft to use reliever airports instead. Nav Canada said in a news release that its aim […]

Although it might seem that most smaller aircraft don’t often depart from those busy airports anyway, COPA warns that it is the first step on a slippery slope. “It is clear from other countries where pay-as-you-go is in place that the impact on private aviation is severe and largely responsible for its decline,” COPA said […]

New Daily Fees Would Affect All Aircraft Annual fees paid by Canada’s private pilots would go from a current $72 (Canadian) to up to $1,272, under a new proposal from Nav Canada that is vehemently opposed by the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA). Daily fees would apply for the first time each day that […]

Pilots meandered in and out over the weekend, Wartofsky said on Saturday. “We’ve lost only one aircraft, which was moving away anyway. The rest are all coming home, and new pilots and aircraft are coming in. Our pilots understand and respect the objectives of this effort, however temporarily inconvenient it was. There is real dialogue […]

Owner Agrees To Follow TSA Rules Potomac Airfield, just outside of Washington, D.C., is open again, about six weeks after being shut down by the TSA. The airfield opened up for business on Friday afternoon, after owner David Wartofsky agreed to follow more strictly the TSA’s rules. (He acknowledges he had made some changes to […]

The concern is not only about the parachute, but also the airbag seatbelts, which are standard on the newest Cirri. “First responders have been hurt by airbags in the past,” said King. “So we will ask them to stand down until we can get there. Or if that’s not possible, if they need to act, […]

First Responders At Risk? A Cirrus SR22 crashed in Minnesota on Sunday night, killing the pilot and two passengers. When rescuers reached the crash site, questions arose about the safety of approaching the wreck. “There’s an explosive charge that sends that parachute up, that hampered the investigation to some degree,” Lincoln County Sheriff Jack Vizecky […]

“The taxpayers have a right to expect high standards of conduct from all civil servants,” FAA spokesman Greg Martin told AVweb on Tuesday. (Your mileage may vary.) “The accuracy and integrity of these medical forms are essential to aviation safety. We felt this was an important case to pursue. There must be zero tolerance for […]

But NATCA And FAA Still Feuding Eleven air traffic controllers at the New York Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) on Long Island who were fired by the FAA last August have been reinstated. The controllers had been fired for allegedly failing to report on their FAA medical forms that they’d sought treatment for job-related stress. […]