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• Getting Reacquainted With NASA Callback

  Cleaning out an old flight bag, in a long unvisited pocket I found a NASA form that must be more than a decade old. I was flying more than I do now, and I always carried the form in case I needed to submit the details of some inadvertent stupid pilot... Posted Oct 13 2008, 01:42 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Pilot Safety, Aviation Safety Reporting System, NASA Form, FAA Enforcement, Callback

• Proposed Policy Doesn’t Solve Homebuilt Problem

  If my homebuilding buddies are a typical sample of the amateur-built airplane community, there’s a lot of confusion about what led to the new policy the FAA has proposed. (See Homebuilt Aircraft: How Much is More than Half? ) My friends are solid... Posted Sep 15 2008, 04:15 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Amateur-built experimental aircraft, 51-percent rule, homebuilding, hired-gun airplane builders, FAA Policy, EAA

• September 11th; The FAA Administrator Speaks

  This is the seventh anniversary of the terror attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington that included the hijacking of four airliners eventually used as suicide bombs, the first time we all learned that sitting back and hoping for the best as passengers... Posted Sep 11 2008, 02:39 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, FAA, pilots, air travel, NATCA, Bobby Sturgell, New York, Washington and Pennsylvania attacks, Jane Garvey, September 11th 2001

• A Labor Day Podcast

  As another part of our Labor Day coverage the other day, I took part in recording a new podcast with the Aviation Geeks , Max Flight and Courtney Miller. We hit quite a few topics related to labor that made for a great show. Give it a listen. Technorati... Posted Sep 04 2008, 10:32 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, FAA, pilots, Delta Airlines, Jetwhine.com, unions, Labor Day, IAM, Boeing

• Going My Way: Jeppesen’s VFR+GPS Charts

  It’s always bugged me that I need two sectional charts–Green Bay and Chicago–to get from my home in OSH to my family growing-up grounds west of the commercial Class B airspace plug stuck in the ground at ORD. It’s more than the... Posted Sep 02 2008, 04:51 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, charts, jeppesen, chart, terminal, navigation, sectional, shading

• Labor Day 2008: Strategies for Aviation

  There’s nothing quite like Labor Day for a little reflection about the state of business in America. This year, there’s plenty to give us a moment’s pause too, because short of auto manufacturing, I can’t think of another American... Posted Sep 01 2008, 12:12 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, FAA, pilots, United Airlines, NATCA, Aviation Marketing, Bobby Sturgell, Jetwhine.com, Leadership, unions, Labor Day, GlennTilton.com

• New FAA Wings Program Stresses Proficiency, Not Award

  During the late 1990s I participated in the FAA Pilot Proficiency Award Program. Each year, in return for attending one safety seminar and logging three hours with an instructor (one each for airwork, patternwork, and hoodwork) I met the biennial flight... Posted Aug 25 2008, 02:43 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, aviation safety, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Wings Program, Pilot Safety, Pilot Training, Recurrent Training, FAA Pilot Proficiency Program

• Controllers Work Less Air Traffic Now Than in 2000

  Before you all begin sending shipping the uglygrams, let me tell you that neither the title of today’s editorial, nor the concept behind it originated with me. The idea that air traffic controllers are working less traffic these days - as well as... Posted Aug 20 2008, 01:36 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, FAA, air travel, NATCA, Bobby Sturgell, AirVenture 2008, Labor contract

• One Air Traffic Controller’s Perspective on Morale

  Fresh on the heels of Sunday’s post about the flavor of labor relations that led PATCO controllers to call a strike against the FAA in 1981 , I added a question I asked acting FAA administrator Bobby Sturgell about employee morale during the “Ask... Posted Aug 06 2008, 12:19 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, FAA, pilots, air travel, ATC, NATCA, Bobby Sturgell, Jetwhine.com, FAA employee morale

• August 3, 1981 - PATCO Strike Remembered

  I remember the morning of August 3, 1981 vividly as I turned on the TV to find news stories of air traffic controller members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization-PATCO -marching with picket signs at the base of the tower at Chicago... Posted Aug 03 2008, 06:40 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, Blogging, Flight Training, pilots, air travel, ATC, NATCA, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, FAA Public Affairs, unions, PATCO, government leadership

• Flight Instructors: There’s Always More to Learn

  If I say that most CFIs make lousy business people, I’m unlikely to offend too many people … some for sure, just not too many I’ll wager. The reason is simple. Most CFIs do make lousy business people because teaching is often secondary... Posted Jul 31 2008, 03:12 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, FAA, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, Bobby Sturgell, Max Trescott, CFI of the Year, Learning to fly, Jetwhine.com

• BlogFest @ AirVenture: The Ideas Flowed

  Five minutes before the blog session began at AirVenture yesterday, I was wondering if the whole thing had been such a good idea. There were five people in the room. Maybe it was too soon to talk social media. Then, as the clock struck four, people began... Posted Jul 30 2008, 03:25 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, Blogging, Aviation Marketing

• John Carr’s Gone Fishin’

  Anyone who follows the happenings of the FAA and air traffic control knows John Carr. He spent more than a couple of years at the helm of NATCA , the controller’s union, and was Pat Forrey’s predecessor. I had the pleasure of interviewing... Posted Jul 23 2008, 12:18 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, Blogging, Flight Training, air travel, ATC, NATCA, Aviation Marketing, Bobby Sturgell, FAA Public Affairs, John Carr, unions, The Main Bang, Pat Forrey

• AirVenture Blogger Fest Next Week

  It doesn’t seem possible that it’s been nearly a year in the making, but it has. When I suggested a get together for aviation bloggers last fall I never thought I’d see much interest. But was I wrong. By Thanksgiving I’d had messages... Posted Jul 21 2008, 06:56 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, Blogging, Flight Training, air travel, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, General Aviation, AirVenture 2008, social media, Jetwhine.com, Oshkosh Wisconsin, Web 2.0, Twitter

• A Really Super Jumbo Jet

  You have to love this one. And this has nothing to do with FAA! London’s Times Online and Plane Stupid are spreading the story about how the BAA apparently supported its case for a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport - the busiest airport... Posted Jul 20 2008, 04:41 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Jetwhine.com, Heathrow Airport, BAA, Plane Stupid, London Times Online