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.
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Nav Canada Enacts New and Revised User Fees
A number of changes to service charges have been enacted by Nav Canada, the private corporation that provides the country’s air navigation and ATC services
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Canada Releases Aviation Strategy Plan
Transport Canada on Thursday released “Flight 2010,” a strategic plan for enhancing the safety levels of the country’s civil aviation sector over the next
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International ’Priority Service’ Limits Delayed
The FAA postponed until January 1 next year a decision to limit “
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Honeywell Introduces ’Enhanced’ Apex Cockpit
Described by some Honeywell engineers as the “son of Primus Epic,” the Phoenix company’s Apex integrated avionics system is undergoing a makeover that aims
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Unrest Persists over Flight Time and Rest Rules
The FAA has been working for years to revise Part 121 and 135 flight time, duty and rest rules, but it’s still not close to issuing new proposals or final
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Little Time Left To Comment on Tax Proposals
There is still a short time remaining to alert Congress about what NBAA calls “harmful” tax proposals in pending federal legislation.
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Blakey Reveals More Clues into Possible User Fees
The FAA’s funding stream being tied to the price of an airline ticket is not sufficient or reliable enough to fund the agency and “a new funding mechanism”
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Obtaining Data from the FAA Is Getting Easier
Over the last several months, the FAA has redesigned its Web site so that it’s easier to use, better or
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Crandall Says Public Should Pay More of ATC Costs
In the war of words between the airlines and general aviation about who should pay how much for ATC services, Pogo’s Robert Crandall argues that more of th
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User-fee Issue Makes Front Page of The Wall Street Journal
The verbal sparring over ATC funding and user fees reached the front page of The Wall Street Journal today in a long article, “Why Big Airlines Are
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Corrective Actions Taken Since Challenger Crash
Within days of the Teterboro Challenger crash and weeks before the NTSB released recommendations as a result of its investigation into the accident, the FA
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GAO Further Muddles FAA Funding Debate
The Government Accountability Office’s October 30 report “Observations on Potential
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Refuse a Drug Test and Lose Your License
The FAA yesterday adopted a 2004 notice of proposed rulemaking amending airman medical standards so that a refusal to submit to a required drug or alcohol
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New York Senate Passes Aircraft Tax Exemption Bill
New York’s state Senate last week passed legislation (S.3655) sponsored by Sen.
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FAA Proposal Adds Teeth to Obstruction Rule
Rules governing the construction of objectsthat could be an obstruction to safe aircraft operations might get a little more bite.
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ICAO Wants ELTs on All International Flights
Starting July 1, 2008, all private and commercial airplanes operating internationally will need to carry at least one emergency locator transmitter, accord
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FAA Forum To Review Age 60 Rule for Pilots
FAA Administrator Marion Blakey yesterday established a forum of airline, labor and medical experts to recommend whether the U.S.
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Insulation Rule Still of Concern
Controversy continues to swirl around the FAA’s September 2005 aircraft thermal and acoustic insulation
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FAA Revises AD Mailing Policy
The FAA clarified a new policy to mail paper Airworthiness Directives applicable to engines only to owners and operators who have “registered” their engine
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Procedures Proposed for FBO Reimbursement
Procedures have been proposed for reimbursing FBOs and other providers of general aviation ground-support services at five airports in the Washington, D.C.
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FAA Not Happy About Polished Frost
A new FAA Safety Alert for Operators (SAFO 06014) has been published to emphasize that if pilots plan to take off with polished frost on the wings or
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U.S. Eases Foreign Charter Restriction
The DOT has moved to ease restrictions on access to U.S.
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Sentences Handed Down for Errant Pilots
Former Flight Options pilot Franklin Rodriguez last month was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison after pleading guilty last May to smuggling drugs into the
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FAA Seeks Comments on Changing Age 60 Rule
On November 23, as previously reported, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will adopt an amendment to increase the age limit for airline
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Comment Period Extend on LGA Slot NPRM
The comment period on a proposal to continue the reservation and slot program under the high-density rule at New York La Guardia Airport (LGA) has been ext
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AD Proposed for King Air Controls
On Monday, the FAA issued a proposed Airworthiness Directive that would mandate a one-time 80-manhour detailed inspection of the flight-control systems on
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NASA funding cuts draw rebuke
Proposed funding cuts that could affect NASA’s ability to conduct aeronautics research–including work on the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGA
