Mar
15
Southwest Airlines has been a huge topic over the past week with their maintenance discrepancies and flying airplanes past inspection times. Southwest pulled 38 planes out of service this past Wednesday to check for cracks in the plane above and below the passenger windows, and they are being repaired. The planes should be back [...]
Jul
15
FAA Hiding Controllers’ Mistakes?
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I read a story today over at the Washington Post about the FAA is possibly and I say possibly trying to hide controllers’ mistakes. One of the serious incidents stated was in Dallas when two airplanes got too close to each other. They stated that the FAA is trying to “cover up” these type [...]
Jul
6
The Summer of Airline Delays!
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Are you traveling this summer? Are you one of the passengers with horror stories of airline delays? This is the summer of delays! The news story of Airline Delays was featured on CBS Evening News.
The airlines are running with maximum loads this summer and with the issues of the air traffic control system, the airlines [...]
Jun
16
Extended-duration Medical Certificates for Pilots
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The FAA has in the works an extended-duration medical certificate. This means first class medicals and third class could be extended to one year if you are under 40, and quite possibly over 40 also. AOPA says the extension of these medical certificates is a good move! I guess I have never really thought about [...]