Regulations and Government
News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.
Regulations and Government
Africa To Establish Consolidated Reg Agency
Civil aviation authorities in Africa are planning an Africa-wide regulatory system similar to the European Union’s European Aviation Safety Agency.
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House Introduces FAA Reauthorization Bill
The House of Representatives issued its long-anticipated version of the FAA reauthorization bill last night, and user fees are not included.
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Summit Focuses on A008, Upcoming Inspections
NATA president James Coyne expressed support for OpSpec A008 this morning at the first annual NATA air charter summit in Leesburg, Va.
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FAA Issues Comments to Regulation Review
The FAA said it is not going to act on nearly half of all comments submitted during a standard regulatory review that began in February 2004.
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NTSB Addresses Alcohol-Related Incidents
In response to “a number of accidents” in which the pilots had omitted or lied about substance/alcohol dependency during medical evaluations, the NTSB is r
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ATC Complaints Spur FAA To Issue Eclipse Pitot AD
As Eclipse Aviation awaits FAA approval of a new-design pitot/angle-of-attack probe to prevent a freezing problem that occurred during three test flights,
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IRS Issues New NPRM for Private Aircraft Use
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) last week relating to the “deductions for entertainment use of business ai
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FAA Joins EU in Targeting Emissions
As a sign of possible things to come for business aviation, the European Commission and the FAA announced on Monday a joint initiative to reduce aircraft e
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FAA Research Bill Moving through Congress
As the FAA’s major programs such as NextGen make their way through initial planning and implementation, at least a few members of Congress feel that the ag
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FAA Releases Extensive Final Rule Incorporating Rnav
The FAA published a broad
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FAA Bill Delayed in House by Controller Staffing
Where is the House’s version of the FAA funding bill? That is the question industry is asking as time draws short to get it through committee and passed on
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Performance-Based Nav Spreads Globally
If you think the next-generation air transportation system (NextGen) is still far down the flyway, consider this.
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Say What
An International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standard requiring demonstrated language proficiency for air traffic controllers and pilots operating i
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Aerospace Industry Plans for the Future
The head of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) told members of Congress early last month that they should support three pending bills that would bo
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Congressional Observer: June 2007
• As anticipated, President Bush vetoed the $124 billion bill for funding military operations.
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NTSB Unhappy with FAA’s Responses to ‘Most Wanted’
NTSB chairman Mark Rosenker told the House aviation subcommittee yesterday that his agency is disappointed with the FAA’s response to five of six aviation
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Last Chance to Comment on Medical Certificate Duration
Monday is the final day to comment on a proposed rule published by the FAA that, if enacted, would extend the duration of first- and third-class medical ce
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…But Extradition to Brazil Unlikely at This Stage
Next step for the pilots is their testimony in the case, scheduled to take place in Brazil on August 27.
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FAA To Align OEI Rules with EASA
The FAA is proposing to amend one engine inoperative (OEI) rating definitions.
Airports
Changes urged for flights to DCA
District of Columbia congressional delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) used a House aviation subcommittee hearing on the Essential Air Service program (EAS)
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Alphabets question value of screening for airport workers
House and Senate bills to require all airport employees with access to secure and sterile areas of an airport to undergo metal detection screening in the s
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Aviation Emissions Likely Kill Hundreds a Year
FAA Administrator Marion Blakey said last month in a speech to an emissions colloquium at ICAO in Quebec that “aircraft greenhouse-gas emissions might beco
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FAA Issues AD To Address Caravan Icing
The FAA last month released Airworthiness Directive 2007-10-15, which requires that operators of all 765 U.S.-registered Cessna Caravans install low-airspe
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NBAA, AAAA Protest ATA Airport Ad
A new advertisement sponsored by the Air Transport Association (ATA) and targeted at airline passengers on the CNN Airport Network has NBAA and the Allianc
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FAA denies exemptions to age-60 rule
As baseball player Yogi Berra supposedly said, “It’s déjà vu all over again.”
The three US Airways pilots who filed a lawsuit in the U.S.
The three US Airways pilots who filed a lawsuit in the U.S.
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NBAA: user-fee plan losing favor among legislators
Despite heavy lobbying by general aviation groups, a promising effort to have the concept of user fees for ATC services stricken from the Senate’s version
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AOPA: 25,000 GPS Units Unusable With New Policy
AOPA wrote a letter to the FAA last week saying that if a new policy outlined in Advisory Circular (AC) 90-100A is allowed to remain as it is currently wri
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AOPA’s Boyer, ATA’s May Square Off on User Fees
In a public debate Tuesday at the Washington Aero Club’s monthly luncheon, AOPA president Phil Boyer and ATA president and CEO James May agreed on many iss
