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
Denmark–a tax haven until 2010?
Value Added Tax (VAT) and import duties for aircraft currently stand at zero percent in Denmark.
Rotorcraft
Bell 412EP Now JAR-OPS 3 Compliant
The Bell 412EP helicopter is now JAR-OPS 3 compliant after having completed an EASA joint operation evaluation board (JOEB) catch-up process, the U.S.-bas
Regulations and Government
Business Aviation Will No Longer Be Neglected, EC Official Says
During today’s EBACE opening session, European Commission director for air transport Daniel Calleja pledged more “proportionate” rules for business aviatio
Regulations and Government
EC air transport director vows more proportionate bizav rules
The European Commission’s director for air transport, Daniel Calleja, pledged more “proportionate” rules for business aviation in the future, acknowledging
Charter & Fractional
FlyingGroup To Offset Carbon Dioxide
Executive charter operator FlyingGroup (Booth No.
Regulations and Government
Time left to comment on LGA capacity proposals
Based on projections that airline flights at New York La Guardia Airport won’t return to their pre-September levels until the end of this summer, the FAA h
Regulations and Government
New NTSB boss copes with crises in an edgier world
Marion Blakey took over the National Transportation Safety Board as its ninth chairman just in time to enter the maelstrom surrounding last November’s c
Regulations and Government
Congressional Observer: May 2002
Congress took its own spring break, leaving March 21 to 23 and returning the second week of last month.
Charter & Fractional
Frax regulations emerge as NPRM, comments due
After an arduous trip through the federal bureaucratic processes, the FAA published its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for FAR Part 91 Subpart K last
Regulations and Government
Commentary: Duty and flight time limitations
Now, after being somewhat dormant on the subject for a number of years, the Federal Aviation Administration has expressed concern about airline pilot duty
Regulations and Government
NBAA, GAMA object to accelerated DRVSM
While NBAA and the General Aviation Manufacturers Association support the December 2004 implementation of domestic reduced vertical separation minimums (DR
Regulations and Government
RVSM in Europe given provisional OK
Eurocontrol’s provisional council has given the go-ahead for the implementation of reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) in Europe starting next Janu
Regulations and Government
DOT amends drug and alcohol rules
Amendments to the DOT’s rules that require flight crew, instructors, mechanics and others involved in the operation and maintenance of commercial aircraft
Regulations and Government
FAA revises aircraft and airport security rules
Revisions to aircraft and airport security rules–FAR Parts 107, 108 and 139–increase the number of aircraft operators that must have security programs to i
Regulations and Government
Lawyer group calls Hoover Law ineffective
The so-called “Hoover Law” has proved to be ineffective, according to the Lawyer Pilots Bar Association (LPBA).
Regulations and Government
EC slot restrictions anger Euro regionals
The European Commission (EC) has issued long-awaited slot-allocation reforms that would allow slot coordinators to exclude aircraft “below a certain size”
Regulations and Government
Isle of Man registry M-eets demand
In the year since it was created on May 1, 2007, the Isle of Man aircraft registry has established itself as a popular offshore registry for business jet o
Regulations and Government
European bizav seeks to avoid CO2 emission trading scheme
The need to demonstrate environmental responsibility while remaining operationally viable has been identified as the biggest single challenge facing busine
Regulations and Government
Gear failures lead to Citation VII AD proposal
Four incidents of Citation VII main gear collapses during landing have prompted a proposed AD calling for operators to check for a possible wrong part.
Regulations and Government
BBJ/737 speedbrake emergency AD issued
Boeing Business Jets are included in an emergency AD issued last month that prohibits using the speedbrakes on 737-600s and -700s at airspeeds in excess of
Airports
Safety Board wants stricter night limits at mountainous U.S. airports
Would a broader aeronautical definition of “night” have helped to prevent the fatal crash of a Gulfstream III last year? The NTSB has not yet released its
ATC
Panel urges Washington to stay focused on ATC issues
In an interim report issued in late March, the Commission on the Future of the U.S.
Regulations and Government
International Operations - Region by region
AFRICA
Ed Boyo, director at Landover Aviation of Lagos, Nigeria, said, “The air transportation industry in Africa was dealt a h
Ed Boyo, director at Landover Aviation of Lagos, Nigeria, said, “The air transportation industry in Africa was dealt a h
Regulations and Government
Australia yet to adopt pressurization alerter
An Australian coroner inquiry into the death of the pilot and seven passengers on board a King Air 200 that crashed in September 2000 has adjourned the hea
Regulations and Government
NATA: Where is online student notice system?
When the Aviation and Transportation Security Act was adopted last November, the flight-training industry was told that an online system would be in place
Regulations and Government
DOT opposes pistol-packing pilots
Allowing pilots to carry guns in the cockpit will not be one of the steps taken by the DOT to upgrade airline security, Transportation Secretary Norman Min
Regulations and Government
Restrictions choke bizav ops at Singapore Seletar
Civil operations at Singapore Seletar Airport could be severely curtailed and business jet operations forced away altogether if several proposed initiative
