Congress has approved a bipartisan measure to avoid furloughs for air traffic controllers, a move that is aimed at eliminating further flight delays blamed on sequester-blamed furloughs.
The Federal Aviation Administration could avoid furloughing air traffic controllers by cutting costs elsewhere, but the Obama administration “has made choices that appear designed to have the greatest possible impact on the traveling public,” a Republican Congressman charged.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday approved Boeing’s design for modifications to the 787 battery system. The changes are designed to address risks at the battery cell level, the battery level and the aircraft level, the FAA said.
Fliers could be delayed up to four hours because of air traffic controller furloughs planned by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the airline trade organization charges in a new lawsuit.
The Transportation Security Administration is continuing its pattern of fear mongering and continued mismanagement, U.S. Rep. John L. Mica, R-Fla., charged.
A small plane’s landing gear collapsed after it landed this afternoon at Blue Grass Airport, prompting airport officials to shut down the airport to both inbound and outbound flights, according to airport personnel.