In response, the FAA said that this month it permanently lowered the altitude of aircraft operating around Van Nuys Airport to maintain more separation with aircraft arriving at nearby Hollywood Burbank Airport.
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy told reporters she's heard from airlines who have raised concerns about the possibility of midair collisions near Burbank, CA. She also said they've said “nobody at FAA is paying attention to us.”
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“You will hear how deep underlying systemic failures, system flaws aligned to create the conditions that led to this devastating tragedy,” NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said at start of meeting today to determine probable cause of last year's midair collision near DC. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
DOT awards contracts to RTX and Indra to replace FAA's aging radar systems. Companies "will contribute to replacing up to 612 radars by June 2028" www.transportation.gov/briefing-roo...
DOT says in new filing that it's proposing changes to the investigatory and enforcement practices of the Office of Aviation Consumer Protection, including issuing warnings to violators of consumer protection laws before pursuing enforcement actions. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Bedford is facing a lot of criticism from Senate Democrats today for not divesting his holdings in Republic Airways. Under his ethics agreement he was supposed to do that by October. More on that here. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
He and DOT Secretary Sean Duffy have been saying they need an additional $20 billion from lawmakers to fully complete the overhaul
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford reiterates at today's Senate hearing what he said yesterday, which is that the agency will have $6-$6.5 billion of the $12.5 billion it received from Congress for ATC reform committed
We've been updating last night's story on FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford's prepared testimony with news from today's hearing. Here's the latest. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
FAA chief will defend the agency's decision to cut flights during the shutdown, citing the need to be proactive following January's midair collision near Washington, according to remarks prepared for a House hearing tomorrow/seen by Bloomberg. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The AP reported on a recording where the JetBlue pilot could be heard saying "We almost had a midair collision up here.....They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous." apnews.com/article/vene...
Senator Ted Cruz pointed to the close call between a JetBlue flight and US Air Force tanker on Friday as a reason for why a current provision in the NDAA that the NTSB, lawmakers and others have said would make the DC airspace less safe should be cut
Members will "have the opportunity to discuss recent regulatory actions taken by the FAA and current issues in aviation, and seek updates on the continued implementation of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024," per release.
FAA Chief Bryan Bedford to testify before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's aviation subcommittee next Tuesday.
Indian and US investigators are meeting in DC next week to go over data on the deadly crash of an Air India flight in June. Latest w/ Mihir Mishra and Julie Johnsson
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🚨FAA selects Peraton as the prime integrator to oversee air traffic control system overhaul 🚨
DOT passed out scarves to guests at today’s FIFA World Cup kickoff event. Bottom left corner says “Secretary Duffy,” middle says “U.S. DOT” and bottom right is an American flag.
Also says the freeze in place while the government considers a new rule to modify definition of a canceled flight, which currently includes those renumbered flights
DOT says it wouldn’t enforce the rule “so long as the passenger is rebooked on the flight with the new number and the new flight is operated without any ‘significant change or delay.’”
On the Bloomberg Terminal: The US Transportation Department is temporarily pausing enforcement of rules that allow passengers to get refunds when their flight is given a different flight number than was originally assigned when they purchased their ticket, DOT said Thursday in a new filing.
Latest on fallout from UPS crash w/ Cailley LaPara www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Story with our new US airlines reporter Sri Taylor www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said today that his agency plans to send letters of investigation to any airlines that didn't comply with the flight cuts mandated during the government shutdown.
Our story on the NTSB's preliminary report on the UPS plane crash. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The direct quote from Nehls was: “I am not just going to throw another $20 billion in their direction if we can't hold them accountable for the $12.5 billion.” (Secretary Sean Duffy has said FAA needs an additional $19 billion for the ATC effort)
Congressman Troy Nehls says he doesn't want to give more money to FAA/DOT for air traffic modernization until Congress sees that the $12.5 billion already appropriated is being used efficiently.
There is a penalty of up to $75,000 per flight for carriers that don’t comply. FAA in its statement today said:
“The FAA is aware of reports of non-compliance by carriers over the course of the emergency order. The agency is reviewing and assessing enforcement options.”
Data from Cirium today shows just 0.25% flights canceled at the 40 airports that were in the FAA order, seeming to indicate airlines have been walking back the reductions well before today’s announcement lifting them.
