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NATCA’s Future and the Public Employee Debate

A number of Republican governors have been pegging the media’s popularity meters the past few weeks with talk of pouncing on the collective bargaining rights of public service employees, one of the last havens of solid unionism left in America, short...

Published Mon, Mar 7 2011 8:56 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Flight Training, NATCA, airline pilots, Aviation Marketing, Bobby Sturgell, Marion Blakey, air traffic controllers, Randy Babbitt, Scott Walker
FAA: Credit Where it’s Due

Regular Jetwhine readers know that a story posted here relating to the FAA is not unusual, nor is the fact that I tend not to be terribly supportive of some of the people who work there. Regular readers should know that I try – note the word try – to...

Published Mon, Feb 14 2011 6:48 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, Flight Training, NATCA, airline pilots, Aviation Marketing, Bobby Sturgell, Marion Blakey, air traffic controllers, Fox TV News, Randy Babbitt, FAA Administrator
Oshkosh, the Verb

Sometimes we bloggers simply talk too much trying to express how we feel about something like AirVenture when simply letting the story tell itself works much better. With that clever insight in mind, may I present for your review, a few photos that made...

Published Fri, Jul 30 2010 9:23 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, Blogging, Flight Training, Jetwhine, NATCA, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, Cessna Aircraft Company, air traffic controllers, Bob Richards, Wittman Regional Airport, EAA, Women in Aviation, Podcast, Sonex Aircraft, MyTransponder, Airplane Geeks, Airspeed podcast, Bob Stangarone, Elissa Lines, FlyAbout, John and Jeremy Monet, Monika Petrillo, Peggy Chabrian, Red Three, Secrets form the Tower, Sennheiser, Steve Tuppper, Tom Poberezny
More Flap About NWA 188

My story a few weeks ago about the two guys flying past MSP and the penalty they incurred for abandoning their post for over an hour seemed like a no-brainer to me. The two pilots were distracted for some reason we were unaware of at (Photo: Fokker Aircraft...

Published Thu, Dec 10 2009 3:11 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Blogging, Flight Training, ATC, NATCA, air traffic controllers, air safety, Minneapolis, Max Trescott on GA, professional pilots, NWA 188
FAA’s Babbitt Might Just be a Standup Guy

FAA’s new administrator for the past 70 days, Randy Babbitt, last week spoke about regional airline safety centered around fallout from the crash of Colgan 3407. The audience in Washington was receptive, helped in part by the fact that they were...

Published Mon, Aug 10 2009 9:00 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, FAA, air travel, NATCA, airline pilots, air traffic controllers, Air Line Pilots Association, airline safety, Randy Babbitt, Stand-ups, Colgan 3407, Continuous Duty Overnights, regional airline safety
Pilots: Who Needs Them?

Qualified professionals to operate the world’s fleet of new, high-technology aircraft are more necessary than ever before, despite a growing proliferation of UAVs. Unfortunately, airline management and their pilots are not always on the same page...

Published Mon, Aug 3 2009 10:55 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, Airlines, FAA, Business Aviation, Blogging, Flight Training, NATCA, Aviation Marketing, air traffic controllers, ALPA, airline pilot, business aviation pilots
FAA’s Bobby Sturgell Gets a Little Good PR

When a senior executive, especially one in the current Bush White House is in trouble, there’s nothing like a little good PR to help balance things out. Trouble is, it can be pretty tough to convince a reporter - especially one for a national newspaper...

Published Tue, May 13 2008 4:39 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, air travel, Jetwhine, ATC, NATCA, Bobby Sturgell, air traffic controllers, FAA Public Affairs, Christy Goodman, DOT Secretary Mary Peters, Washington Post
FAA’s Bobby Sturgell says Controllers Volunteer for Overtime

As the Comedic Cuban troubadour Ricky Ricardo would often say to Lucille Ball, “it looks to me like someone has some splaining to do.” For months I’ve been sitting here defending the air traffic controller workforce against FAA’s...

Published Thu, Feb 14 2008 3:00 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, FAA, air travel, ATC, Hank Krakowski, NATCA, Bobby Sturgell, air traffic controllers, air safety

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