Great.
The ADS-b exception rule is six years old.
And if you're wondering why it exists - that would be politicians interfering with the FAA which is what is also known as the history of the FAA and what I wrote about last week.
SIGH.
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Trade war brings uncertain tariff impact to aerospace theaircurrent.com/dispatches/... (via @jonostrower.com)
Airline industry to reevaluate its 2050 net-zero commitment.
“We are not making as strong a progress on [SAF] as we thought,” @iata.org DG Willie Walsh said.
Getting PBI TFR notice before it’s published for this coming weekend as USAF indicates they had multiple intrusions & intercepts this past weekend.
Airman, stay vigilant! #aviation #BizAv
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The new normal at DCA. Up to an hour delays due to volume.
For those that are interested, here’s FAA Order 8000.373, which outlines this policy. www.faa.gov/documentLibr...
As pointed out by CNN’s Pete Muntean, this kind of messaging goes against the FAA’s “compliance” policy, which focuses on corrective/training actions that focus on remediation rather than enforcement actions, like license suspensions, following an incident.
Good news for SkyWest: The DOT has tentatively approved their application to certify SkyWest Charter as a Part 135 carrier.
Ofc, the original business case, to solve for a shortage of pilots, is no longer an issue.
Some background: skift.com/2023/08/25/a...
FAA has revised its security for NOTAM, drawing down the blanket prohibition against operations under 10,000 for all of Haiti to only specifically designated areas of the country
BREAKING: Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) says that he plans to introduce legislation that would relocate the Office of Commercial Space Transportation, which currently sits within the FAA, to report directly to the Department of Transportation.
Interesting comment here from Flexjet CEO Mike Silvestro, a large Embraer private jet operator, that he would like to see the company look at an aircraft in the ultra-long range category, which would put it direct competition with Bombardier, Gulfstream and Dassault.
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