Content Archive: February 2010
Training and Workforce
FSF intros standards for safety of mining ops
The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) has developed a common safety approach for global companies operating aircraft in the mining and resources sector, and t
Delta Connection Pilots Join Forces
ALPA-represented pilot groups from Atlantic Southeast, Comair, Compass, Mesaba and Pinnacle Airlines last month established the Delta Connection Pilots All
Groups Urge Calm in Wake of Austin Crash
It remains to be seen exactly what impact Thursday’s intentional crash of a single-engine Piper Dakota into an Austin, Texas IRS building will have on any
Charter & Fractional
Cessna Takes Full Ownership of CitationAir
Cessna Aircraft yesterday completed its acquisition of business aviation flight services provider CitationAir.
Regulations and Government
FY11 budget contains no user fees
Aviation–and in particular general aviation–dodged a financial bullet early last month when the Obama Administration released a Fiscal Year 2011 budget req
Maintenance and Modifications
Complaint Alleges Runaway Premier 1A Trim
Eastham Aviation, a Houston owner of a Hawker Beechcraft Premier 1A, filed a complaint against Hawker Beechcraft on January 19, asking that the manufacture
Aircraft
Gulfstream G150 OK’d for Steep Approaches
Last month the FAA and the European Aviation Safety Agency approved the Gulfstream G150 for a steep-approach angle of up to six degrees versus the normal a
Regulations and Government
Weener Nominated for Safety Board
Earl Weener, a former Boeing engineer and a fellow at the Flight Safety Foundation, was nominated by President Obama to fill the last vacancy on the NTSB.
