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FAA Gives Ruling Class Special Treatment

Air traffic control has been under the magnifying glass of late, with most recent incident being the loss of separation between Michelle Obama’s C-40 (Boeing 737) and a C-17 cargo plane. I’m puzzled. Numerous reports, including the story in the Washington...

Published Mon, Apr 25 2011 3:00 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, Airports, FAA, Blogging, FAA Enforcement, Aviation Security, Closed Runway, enforcement, FAA Remedial Training, inhofe, Pilot Certificate Action, remedial, sen, snitch, violations

FAA & Controllers Need to Wake Up

This probably isn’t going to come as a great shock to most Jetwhine readers, but air traffic controllers falling asleep on the job is not a new problem. Getting caught falling asleep certainly seems to be though. Controllers are just people though. When...

Published Fri, Apr 15 2011 3:01 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, alertness, fatigue, sleepy

NextGen & Congestion-Closed Runways

Mention the Next Generational Air Transportation System to pilots and the first thing that comes to mind is money and the pain resulting from complex changes. If you’re a GA flyer, add unkind words for the airlines, the primary beneficiary of the satellite...

Published Fri, Apr 8 2011 3:15 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, JFK, NextGen, bennett, dfw, DFW Metroplex, fbf, floyd, Floyd Bennett Field, metroplex, Next Generation Air Transportation System, Performance-Based Navigation, Required Navigation Performance, rnp

Cessna Gives Students an Elegant GIFT

Feedback, information on what students have done correctly, where they need work, and how to make the necessary improvements, is key to any educational program. Its quality and value depends on a flight instructor’s ability to immediately measure performance...

Published Thu, Apr 7 2011 3:00 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airports, FAA, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, flight instructors, King Schools, student pilots, Cessna Pilot Centers, elegant, feedback, gift, guided, king, maneuver, redbird, Redbird Flight Simulation, simulator, Simulator Training

Dear Ray

Department of Transportation Washington, DC Really nice to hear from you again and yes, the family are all doing fine, thanks for asking. I forgot to ask you in my last letter how that new government job is working out. DOT Secretary … pretty awesome...

Published Sun, Apr 3 2011 7:46 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Flight Training, Military, Podcast, business folks, crazy, numbers, reporter, secretary, tail, telling, weeks back

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FAA & Controllers Need to Wake Up

NextGen & Congestion-Closed Runways

Cessna Gives Students an Elegant GIFT

Dear Ray