Security

Nearly three months after being directed by Congress to develop a plan for giving pilots and mechanics a “third party” review process if they lose their FA

Beginning March 30, NBAA will hold seven new sessions of the association’s security training seminar for Part 91 operators at locations across the country.

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), which has been closed to general aviation traffic since 9/11, will be the subject of a hearing by the Hous

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is taking over security checks of passengers and baggage at New York City heliports, following warnings th

A New York-based NBC TV crew tried to infiltrate a St.

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have teamed on a program to reduce and prev

The FAA has issued a Safety Alert For Operators (SAFO) regarding the functional testing of helicopter hydraulic systems before flight.

President Bush Tuesday signed into law a homeland security spending bill that includes language directing the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

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Under the Transportation Security Administration’s new regulations permitting the resumption of general aviation operations at Ronald Reagan Washington Nat

Thanks primarily to a campaign by AOPA, the FAA has received more than 16,000 comments, the vast majority mostly negative, to the agency's proposal to make

Two months after Swiss-based Jet Aviation revealed to AIN that it had dropped plans announced more than two years ago that it was partnering with Ku

“The job of a controller is no longer just separating airplanes,” National Air Traffic Controllers Association president John Carr told attendees at a symp

Videotapes from Iraq showing foreign hostages cowering in cages before being beheaded by their terrorist captors provide horrific testament to the danger t

Fear mongering has been a growth industry in the U.S.

L-3 Avisys is offering business aircraft operators a missile protection system based on the Widebody Integrated Platform Protection System (WIPPS) that it

The apparent theft on November 1 of a Piper PA-25 Pawnee cropduster near Mexicali, Mexico, was the subject of a Transportation Security Administration advi

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When the national threat level was raised to code orange (high) on December 21, most people in general aviation took it in stride.

An FBI/Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report that made only a few passing references to general aviation aircraft being used by terrorists neverthel

Several of FlightSafety International’s facilities in Europe, Canada and South America have received approval from the Transportation Security Administrati

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) boss Kip Hawley told a Senate panel that in addition to general aviation’s voluntary efforts to secure GA, the

If you’re not the type to fret over conspiracies about black helicopters and shadowy figures in trench coats, you might want to inject a little paranoia in

The Transportation Security Administration is allowing operators to increase progressively the time for which international waivers are valid.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is now expected to issue an informational circular early this spring on security recommendations for gener

With passage of the National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will be required to check the names of poten

Honeywell SPZ 8000 symbol generators in more than 90 Falcon 900s would have to be replaced if the FAA enacts a proposed AD.

David Stone, formerly deputy chief of staff at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and security director for Los Angeles International Airport

Last month this column looked at safety management systems (SMS) and considered why the industry is embracing them.

Three serious near collisions on runways in Boston, New York and Las Vegas this year have prompted the NTSB to again press for quicker action by the FAA to