FAA restricts helicopter routes in DC region
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday announced it would restrict helicopter routes in the Washington region ...
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FAA embroiled in lawsuit alleging it turned away 1,000 applicants based on race — that contributed to staffing woes
The Federal Aviation Administration is fighting a class-action lawsuit alleging it denied 1,000 would-be air traffic controllers jobs because of diversity hiring targets — as it was revealed tha ...
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Trump appoints new FAA administrator after vacancy during deadly plane crash. Here's what to know.
President Trump moved Thursday, appointing Christopher Rocheleau, a 22-year FAA veteran, as acting administrator of the agency. Mr. Trump described Rocheleau as "highly respected." The Federal ...
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Fact check: Trump’s FAA used the same language about hiring people with disabilities he’s now blasting
But it’s also worth noting that some of Trump’s specific assertions about the FAA’s push to hire people with disabilities were either inaccurate or missing critical context about what ...
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FAA restricting helicopter flights near Reagan National after crash
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is indefinitely restricting helicopter flights near Washington Reagan National Airport after a deadly collision between an ...
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US FAA pilot safety messaging system resumes operations
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - A key system that provides safety messages to pilots resumed operating on Sunday morning after an outage that began the previous night, the Federal Aviation ...
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Critical FAA warning system restored after outage
A critical aviation warning system that went down Saturday has been restored to working order, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday. “It went down last night. A backup system was ...
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Former FAA administrator and airline pilot provides analysis on midair collision in D.C. area
INSKEEP: Until that congestion is fixed, it's up to air traffic controllers - federal employees who work for the Federal Aviation Administration - to keep the planes apart and the helicopters ...
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Trump names acting FAA head after fatal air collision
According to the aviation news website AIN, he had been brought back as deputy administrator. The FAA's previous administrator, Michael Whitaker, stepped down 15 months into a five-year term on ...
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Trump criticized DEI and the FAA's diversity policies after a deadly plane crash. Here's what we know.
In a Thursday press briefing, President Trump criticized his predecessor for his management of the Federal Aviation Administration and suggested, without evidence, that diversity initiatives at ...