The News Review:
- It Was an FAA Error To Allow This Error
- American Airlines spent $1.5M lobbying in 1Q
- Business aviation group spent $580K lobbying in 1Q
- GE Aviation testing new engines
It Was an FAA Error To Allow This Error
Wall Street Journal
That the airline was allowed to operate for nine months without training its pilots on ice-safety features a critical safety subsystem speaks volumes about the inability of the Federal Aviation Administration to fulfill its oversight mandate. nce again the National Transportation Safety Board will make recommendations and the FAA may or may not enforce them. nce again another aviation commandment will be written in blood. The NTSB needs the power to enforce its directives and the FAA needs to strengthen its oversight. Pat Costa Retired airline pilot Gaston re. Printed in The Wall Street Journal page A16 Copyright 2009 Dow Jones & Company Inc. All Rights ReservedThis copy is for your personal non-commercial use only.
American Airlines spent $1.5M lobbying in 1Q
Forbes
The ATA wants $4 billion in federal funding for aircraft equipment to be used in upgrading to a navigation system based on global positioning. American also lobbied on issues such as airport and aviation security air traffic control improvements infrastructure airport security and regulation of greenhouse gases. Besides Congress the company lobbied the Federal Aviation Administration and the departments of Transportation and Homeland Security.
Business aviation group spent $580K lobbying in 1Q
CNBC
The group lobbied on aircraft use and next-generation funding general aviation flight restrictions airport access issues Federal Aviation Administration funding and aviation safety according to the form filed April 20 with the House clerk’s office. Besides Congress the NBAA lobbied the FAA ffice of Management and Budget departments of Transportation Treasury and Homeland Security as well as other agencies. The National Business Aviation Association spent $460000 lobbying the federal government in the fourth quarter of 2008. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.
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GE Aviation testing new engines
Cincinnati.com
“It’s a long journey. It’s a five-year process to get to the engine you want” said Chaker Chahrour executive vice president of the CFM joint venture which expects to produce about 1200 engines this year between Evendale and Snecma’s operations in France.