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AOPA has “concerns” about the FAA notice, based on an initial reading, spokesman Chris Dancy told AVweb yesterday. “AOPA has already pressed the FAA on one issue — aircraft renters,” Dancy said. “Would they be denied access to the NAS because the owner of the aircraft they’ve paid to rent has failed to comply with […]

FAA Tightens Rules On Access To Airspace Aircraft owners and operators must ensure their aircraft registration information and security waivers are properly completed and up to date by Feb. 1, 2006, or they “may be denied access” to the National Airspace System, the FAA said in a notice published in the Federal Register on Friday. […]

And in the central Indian state of Maharashtra, pilots are apparently so scarce that the departure of the two pilots qualified to fly the states King Airs caused the whole flight department to shut down six months ago. The department has managed to lure one of the pilots, Capt. Neetu Gupta, back, but it still […]

In Bangor, Maine, a Human Rights Commission investigator has determined that a cargo pilot who refused to fly a plane with one inoperative attitude indicator and one suspect AI into night IMC was illegally fired. According to the Bangor Daily News, Aric Merrow was getting ready to fly a route for Air Now (it operates […]

Fired and Fighting Back A 64-year-old California pilot, who made his living for nine years flying the Gulfstream II owned by actors Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, has received a star-quality award by a Los Angeles jury. The jury found that Doyle Bakers age (63 at the time) was the sole motivation for his termination […]

The FAA announced the meetings just days after the 9/11 Commission gave the government a B- for aerospace security measures and noted that it really only exists over Washington. What would it take to get an A? AOPAs government expert Andy Cebula fears it could be a patchwork of ADIZs all over the U.S. “I’m […]

Its pretty hard to find anyone in aviation who actually supports the ADIZ becoming permanent but the FAA isn’t interested in whether we like it. The agency is looking for insight into what pilots think will be the actual impact of making the ADIZ permanent by assessing the effects of the “temporary” zone. Specifically, the […]

Making Eye Contact The FAA has set public hearings on its proposal to make the Washington Air Defense Identification Zone permanent. The meetings will be held Jan. 12 at the Sheraton Hotel in Columbia, Md., and Jan. 18 at the Airport Marriott in Dulles, Va. The meetings will run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. […]

Shortly after 2 p.m., yesterday, (Pearl Harbor day) Rigoberto Alpizar, 44, was seated near the rear of the plane among more than 110 other passengers aboard American Airlines flight 924, a Boeing 757, as it prepared to push back from the gate at Miami international. Jim Bauer, special agent in charge of the Miami office […]

And while some might still consider aspects of aviation a “man’s world” they certainly recognize its King of flight training, first name Martha. The co-founder of King Schools was recently presented the Cliff Henderson Award for Achievement by the National Aeronautic Association. It’s presented annually to “a living individual or group whose vision, leadership, or […]