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PILOT SNAFU?
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Well, John Carr, the president
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on a bill in the House of Representatives to send NATCA and the FAA back
to the bargaining table missed the necessary two-thirds majority by
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IMPACT: DELAYS, SAFETY CONCERNS
One of NATCA's bargaining
chips through negotiations and the 60-day period of congressional
consideration was that the last best offer by the FAA, which
theoretically is in the process of being imposed on the union, will
actually cost the top echelon of controllers money. If those most
experienced controllers continue working, changes to location pay and
other bonuses would ultimately have a negative effect on their pensions.
Carr claims that 25 percent of the workforce, 4,000 controllers,
virtually all of them the most experienced and knowledgeable members,
will opt for retirement rather than stay on. He told us he'd already
heard from some who were doing just that. "Air traffic controllers are
heading for the exits," he said. The result, he said, will be traffic
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Two Australians are relaxing in
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to Sydney. Gray's aircraft was accompanied by another Seminole flown by
her boss, Ray Clamback. Clamback, who's survived two ocean ditchings in
the same area in the last seven years, radioed advice to Gray as he
circled over the ditching site, before he continued to a safe landing in
Hilo. More... ADS-B
COMING TO GULF OF MEXICO
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of Mexico, thanks in part, no doubt, to a $100 million carrot dangled by
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as their counterparts who work for American companies."
More... TANKER
DRIVER HAILED AS HERO
Chris Pugliese said his training kicked
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tanker truck he had just parked under the fuel-laden wing of a Boeing
767. Now officials at Orlando Sanford International Airport are saying
he may have saved hundreds of lives. "He averted a horrible
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A student at Pinkerton
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afoul of FAA regs. The unidentified student is alleged to have buzzed
the school in a Piper Cherokee at about 250 to 300 feet several times
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so. "It was waving to the kids, as planes do," Mary Anderson, headmaster
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incident a "senior prank" and her punishment will fit the crime.
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chat with him. More... COMPOSITE
BUBBLES BLOCK 787 TEST
Boeing has confirmed published reports
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of fuselage for the 787 after bubbles were discovered in the composite
material. However, Boeing spokeswoman Yvonne Leach told The Associated
Press the cancellation of the pivotal inspection will not delay
deliveries of the mostly plastic airliner because it will build two
fuselages at once to replace the bubbly one and then test them
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CRASH
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The son of a pilot killed when his
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ENGINE DAMAGES 767 ON THE GROUND
An engine that came apart
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extensive damage (maybe even wrote off) a Boeing 767-200 at Los Angeles
International Airport June 2. No one was injured when parts from the
disintegrating engine sliced through the aircraft and scattered debris
over a wide area. More than 10,000 gallons of fuel leaked as a result of
the damage but firefighters sealed it in foam and prevented a secondary
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Another day at customs... I was returning to the
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