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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

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...

Published Thu, Jan 8 2009 3:05 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...

Published Thu, Oct 16 2008 4:06 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...

Published Thu, Sep 11 2008 2:39 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...

Published Mon, Sep 1 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...

Published Wed, Aug 20 2008 1:36 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...

Published Wed, Aug 6 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...

Published Thu, Jul 31 2008 3:12 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...

Published Wed, 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...

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 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...

Published Fri, Mar 28 2008 1:21 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...

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

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...

Published Fri, Feb 8 2008 5:47 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

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