US aviation safety ‘no longer the gold standard,’ according to statements at House hearing
Lawmakers and aviation organizations grappled with whether the US has maintained its title as “the gold standard” when it ...
Fired FAA employee produced maps ‘crucial and critical’ to air traffic control
As the Department of Government Efficiency cuts thousands of federal government jobs, concerns are being raised that many of ...
Politico12d
‘Air traffic controllers cannot do their work without us’
an aviation safety consultant who was a longtime official at both the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates accidents. These cuts “certainly [are] not going to ...
What’s a go-around? How the routine maneuver helped a pilot avoid getting too close to another aircraft at Reagan National
While go-arounds can feel jarring to passengers, they are routine, happening more than three times per day on average last ...
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Team Trump has defended their FAA cuts. Former staffers warn the purge will ‘only create more safety risks’
who has worked at the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board, told the outlet that the cuts “certainly [are] not going to improve safety — it can only increase the risk.” ...
FAA implements new airspace rules at Reagan Airport during presidential flights
The FAA will now bring air traffic at Reagan Washington National Airport to a complete stop whenever the president flies ...
Elon Musk says upgrade of FAA’s air traffic control system is failing and SpaceX needs take over Verizon’s contract
Elon Musk said Thursday that Verizon’s efforts to provide a critically needed upgrade to the FAA’s air traffic control system ...
The Washington Post10d
New air traffic academy died in Congress despite dire need for more staff
The disappearing academy is just a small piece of a larger mosaic of inaction and delay that has hampered the FAA’s ability ... by the National Transportation Safety Board, which is expected ...
Newsweek13d
Flying Becoming Less Safe in 'Disturbing Trend,' Ex-FAA Investigator Warns
He is a graduate of National ... FAA administrator was necessary to "provide the stable leadership the agency needs to address the urgent safety concerns and lead the overhaul of the air traffic ...
The Hill2d
FAA investigating multiple false collision warnings on flights approaching DC airport
according to the FAA, a pilot with American Airlines didn’t go ahead with a landing at National Airport so the aircraft would not collide with a departing flight. “An air traffic controller ...