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• The new FAA: Will we?

  It’s another cold night in Chicago, but I stayed at work late to write because the issue of who will become the next FAA Administrator is really gnawing at me. Like the November election, this administrator choice is going to be an important one... Posted Jan 08 2009, 03:05 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, FAA, Business Aviation, Blogging, ATC, NATCA, Aviation Marketing, Bobby Sturgell, Department of Transportation, SimpliFlying, Rahm Emanuel, Air Traffic Controller, Ray LaHood, Barack Obama, Shashank Nigam

• TSA is After General Aviation This Time

  Lame ducks they call them … those federal employees who wander aimlessly between jobs every four years. The FAA’s Bobby Sturgell is a prime example - as of course is George W. Bush - although honestly no one expected to see Sturgell in this... Posted Oct 16 2008, 04:06 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, FAA, NATCA, Bobby Sturgell, AOPA, Jeff Beck, Kip Hawley, Jim Coyne, TSA, National Business Aviation Association, Robert Gates, Bill Quinn, National Air Tranportation Association, Large Aircraft Security NPRM, Aviation Management Systems

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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... Posted May 13 2008, 04:39 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 Management is What’s Really Scary, not the Airlines

  I had a call today from one of the major TV networks. The reporter was hoping I’d sit in front of a TV camera for a story about the grounding of hundreds of Delta and American Airlines MD-80 flights in the wake of another FAA airline maintenance... Posted Mar 28 2008, 01:21 AM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, ATC, airline pilots, Bobby Sturgell, American, Delta Airlines, Lou Dobbs

• 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... Posted Feb 14 2008, 03:00 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: The Buzz, Airlines, FAA, air travel, ATC, Hank Krakowski, NATCA, Bobby Sturgell, air traffic controllers, air safety

• AIA’s Marion Blakey and Jetwhine Editor Agree … for Once

  I apologize if what I’m about to say causes anyone to cough up their lunch, but I’m going to completely agree with something that former FAA Administrator and now current Aerospace Industries CEO Marion Blakey said a few months ago. Yes, agree... Posted Feb 08 2008, 05:47 PM by Jetwhine Filed under: Air Traffic Control, The Buzz, Airlines, Airports, FAA, Business Aviation, NATCA, Senate Commerce and Transportation Committee, Bobby Sturgell, National Air Traffic Controllers Association, Marion Blakey, ATC user fees, George W. Bush