Southwest Airlines Incident Reveals Govt Failure
The five-foot tear in the roof of a Southwest 737 last week has not only brought renewed attention to the problem of aging planes, but also to problems in oversight of the airline industry. In a report...
View ArticleFlorida to Lose $88M if No FAA Bill
Florida would lose $88 million in airport construction money if Congress can’t work out and approve new federal aviation legislation, the Obama administration warned on Thursday. Projects in several...
View ArticleLaHood Slams his Former GOP Colleagues for FAA Standoff
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Wednesday blamed “one or two people who wouldn’t compromise” for the impasse in Congress that has led to a partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation...
View ArticleFAA Short Term Fix Ends Congress Stalemate
Tens of thousands of FAA employees will return to work next Monday, after being furloughed for two weeks, as a result of an impasse in the U.S. Congress. About 70,000 airport construction workers...
View ArticleMica Picketed Ahead of FAA Shutdown, Again
Rep. John Mica (R-FL) Ahead of another potential partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) have planned rallies on...
View ArticlePublix: Small Plane Crash Investigation Underway
Scene from plane crash Investigators are trying to determine what caused a small plane to crash into a Publix supermarket in North Deland on Monday evening. The plane crashed into the Publix in the...
View ArticleHow Our Society Is Slipping into a Plutocracy
As we slowly make the march toward our next set of elections in the state of Florida, our nation continues to sink into a possible plutocracy. The Los Angeles Times reports that the Federal Aviation...
View ArticleTower Closings at 14 Florida Airports Delayed
The Federal Aviation Administration has delayed until June 15 the sequestration-tied closure of 149 federally contracted air traffic control towers, including 14 in Florida. The delay is to give the...
View ArticleTravelers 1, Obama 0
(Photo: Wikipedia) On Friday, Congress passed legislation ordering the Transportation Department to reallocate money to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), that would allow air traffic...
View ArticleFlorida to Lose $88M if No FAA Bill
Florida would lose $88 million in airport construction money if Congress can’t work out and approve new federal aviation legislation, the Obama administration warned on Thursday.
View ArticleLaHood Slams his Former GOP Colleagues for FAA Standoff
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Wednesday blamed “one or two people who wouldn’t compromise” for the impasse in Congress that has led to a partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration.
View ArticleFAA Short Term Fix Ends Congress Stalemate
Tens of thousands of FAA employees will return to work next Monday, after being furloughed for two weeks, as a result of an impasse in the U.S. Congress.
View ArticleMica Picketed Ahead of FAA Shutdown, Again
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) plan on picketing Wednesday evening, U.S. Rep. John Mica's (R-FL) offices in St. Augustine, Ormond Beach and Maitland, urging passage of as long-term bill to...
View ArticlePublix: Small Plane Crash Investigation Underway
Investigators are trying to determine what caused a small plane to crash into a Publix supermarket in North Deland on Monday evening.
View ArticleHow Our Society Is Slipping into a Plutocracy
As we slowly make the march toward our next set of elections in the state of Florida, our nation continues to sink into a possible plutocracy
View ArticleTower Closings at 14 Florida Airports Delayed
The Federal Aviation Administration has delayed until June 15 the sequestration-tied closure of 149 federally contracted air traffic control towers, including 14 in Florida.
View ArticleTravelers 1, Obama 0
On Friday, Congress passed legislation ordering the Transportation Department to reallocate money to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that would allow air traffic controllers who have been...
View ArticleNew PBN Routes Improve Flights to Florida, Caribbean
Flights between the Northeast and the major international airports in Florida and the Caribbean are more direct, more efficient, and safer since the FAA implemented new PBN routes.
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