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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 17:08 |
Expect more flights crowding the nation's busiest airports, FAA says
By Jon Hilkevitch
Tribune staff reporter
7:21 AM CST, March 9, 2010
Passengers on U.S. airlines will pay relatively small increases in airfares over the next 20 years, but they should expect more flights crowding the nation's busiest airports, including O'Hare International, the Federal Aviation Administration said today.
Travelers hoping to stretch out across an empty seat next to them will likely be out of luck. And the small regional jets that are so unpopular among a significant segment of passengers are here to stay, although the commuter airlines will begin retiring their 50-seat jets in favor of somewhat larger aircraft.
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 11:02 |
Five myths about the labor union movement
By Alec MacGillis
Sunday, February 21, 2010
The anniversary of the $787 billion economic stimulus act came and went last week with unemployment still holding stubbornly close to 10 percent. The Democrats' universal health-care legislation lies in limbo on Capitol Hill. Where in all of this are the unions -- the historic guardians of the Democrats' economic agenda? Sidelined, sort of.
Labor's top legislative priority, the Employee Free Choice Act, is languishing. Craig Becker, the union lawyer nominated by President Obama to a five-year term on the National Labor Relations Board, hasn't made it to his post. This month, he failed to win enough votes to prevent a filibuster on his nomination, and the president declined to make a recess appointment.
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Friday, 19 June 2009 07:32 |
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Technical problems are degrading the accuracy of signals from the last GPS satellite launched by the Pentagon, sparking concerns among U.S. military and aerospace industry officials that the next generation of the widely used satellites could face similar troubles.
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Saturday, 13 June 2009 18:54 |
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Utah lawmakers: Air traffic computer not ready
WASHINGTON » Utah's two U.S. senators are urging the Federal Aviation Administration to hold off testing a new computer system at a Salt Lake City air traffic control center that guides planes across portions of eight states.
Republican Sens. Bob Bennett and Orrin Hatch wrote FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt on June 11, asking him to delay a test of the new system at the Salt Lake Air Route Traffic Control Center, one of the FAA's 20 en route centers around the country.
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Saturday, 13 June 2009 09:34 |
DISINGENUOUS FAA CIRCUMVENTING PRINCIPLES OF ATSAP AGREEMENT THAT AIMS TO PROTECT WHISTLEBLOWING CONTROLLERS WHO BRING SAFETY CONCERNS FORWARD
WASHINGTON – On March 27, Acting FAA Administrator Bobby Sturgell joined NATCA President Patrick Forrey in signing an agreement to create an Air Traffic Safety Action Program (ATSAP), designed to foster a voluntary, cooperative, non-punitive environment for the open reporting of safety of flight concerns by FAA controllers.
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