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
Washington Report: FAA issues final FOQA rule
In what it called a major step toward reaching its “Safer Skies” goal of cutting the commercial aviation accident rate by 80 percent by 2007, the FAA has i
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Washington Report: AMASS 1, accidents 0
Air traffic controllers at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) are already hailing the airport movement area safety system (Amass) as an aviation suc
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Congressional Observer: December 2001
What with anthrax scares shutting down congressional office buildings for purification and cleansing, and both houses tossing brickbats at each other over
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Metro flight restrictions eased
Late last month the FAA issued several Notams eliminating enhanced Class B airspace and reducing the dimension of the temporary flight restriction areas in
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Massachusetts bill offers GA tax relief
An amendment to Massachusetts’ recently approved 2002 budget (H.B.3207) will eliminate the 5-percent sales and use tax when aircraft and aircraft parts are
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FCC proposes rewrite of aviation rules
A total rewrite of Federal Communications Commission Part 87 has been proposed.
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New noise rules may bar some Stage 3 a/c
The European Commission (EC) has issued revised noise proposals that abandon its earlier demands for a blanket ban on hush-kitted aircraft with mtow of mor
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FAA Bans Anti-smoking Drug for Pilots, Controllers
Last week the FAA banned pilots and air traffic controllers from taking the anti-smoking medicine Chantix soon after the agency learned the prescription dr
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News Note: EU scraps legislation
Legislation to ban certain large transport aircraft that have hush kits from using all European airports starting next April has been scrapped by the Europ
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Stormy night approach into LIT was ‘a can of worms’
Once again, the deadly duo of “get-there-itis” and fatigue joined forces to seduce an airline crew into attempting a landing at Little Rock National Airpor
Airports
Airport fee proposal flies into limbo
The comment period closing date has been suspended indefinitely on a DOT proposal to adopt “market based” solutions to relieve airport congestion and delay
Aircraft
GIV-SP wins JAA approval, GV expected next year
Europe’s JAA has issued type certificate endorsement for the Gulfstream IV and IV-SP, effectively recommending the business jets for approval by the JAA’s
Engines
Upgraded Citation X engine receives FAA nod
The uprated Rolls-Royce AE3007-C1 engine for the 2002 Citation X (starting with S/N 0173) has received FAA certification.
Regulations and Government
Online high-altitude course is FAA approved
With the completion of its first run on October 31, Pratt & Whitney Canada initiated testing of its 2,500-lb-thrust PW625F engine demonstrator.
Aircraft
Boeing 737 rudder control fix to be mandated
Boeing completed a redesign of a 737 rudder control system and, as expected, the FAA formally proposed an AD that will require the installation of the syst
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TBM 700s muat have new water strainer
An incident in which the elevator controls on a Socata TBM 700 literally froze up and jammed because water accumulated in the fuselage and froze led to a F
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Many are relieved by STC rule delay
The National Air Transportation Association welcomed an 18-month delay in the compliance date for revised STC procedures.
Engines
New fan rotor disc must be installed on TFE731
Operators of about 1,100 Honeywell TFE731-2, -3 and -4 engines have until December 31 next year to replace fan rotor discs with improved ones under a new A
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Site chosen for third Paris airport
The French government has selected an area to build what it calls a third airport to serve Paris, but the area is in Chaulnes, a distant 85 mi north of the
Engines
Legacy on certification final
Brazilian certification of the Embraer Legacy is expected this month, following the prototype’s return from its European tour.
ATC
Cargo aircraft will be required to have TCAS
Virtually all cargo aircraft will be required to have TCAS installed by Oct.
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Oxygen deprivation incidents lead to AD action
The Falcon 50, 900 and 900EX are among the first of several business jets to be the subject of a final AD as a result of the FAA’s special certification re
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El Toro civil airport plan approved by local board
The Orange County, Calif.
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Regionals Update: FAA denies stay of duty-time crack-down
The FAA has denied a request by the Regional Airline Association and Air Transport Association to defer enforcement of its November interpretation of a lon
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Under siege by Italian regs, Gandalf digs in at Bergamo
An unknown municipium in the Roman days, the city of Bergamo, Italy, was sacked and set on fire in the early Middle Ages.
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Washington Report: Coalition to ensure no trust fund diversion
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Congressional Observer: August 2001
As Washington pundits predicted, the change from a Republican to a Democrat majority in the Senate and the shift in leadership from Sen.
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EBAA outlines CO2 proposal
EBAA here on Tuesday outlined its proposal for carbon offset pooling as an alternative means of compliance for the European Union emission trading scheme (
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Bizav encouraged to be more vocal in making slot requests
Business aircraft operators should be more vocal when requesting slots at congested European airports, according to presenters yesterday at an information
