Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

In “honor” of already-failed FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt, today please sit in a quiet room at a desk as if it were the inner bat-cave of 800 Independence, put the cell phone down on the table as if you just got the call, look at the clock, and start counting. Re-enact it. Every single of the Northwest 40 minutes or Delta 150 miles that goes by - and they will go by slowly and painfully - is yet another minute of Randy Babbitt's idiotic incompetence. How could the Administrator of a big old aviation agency be so, so inept? Oh yeah. That's right. Randy ... Read Full Story

NATCA Position On NY/NJ/PHL Airspace Redesign--Cease Dispersal Headings & Put The Project On Hold! Below is the summary of the position of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) on FAA’s ill-conceived proposed NY/NJ/PHL Airspace Redesign project. NATCA’s position? CEASE operating the already-partially-implemented Redesign dispersal headings, and put the balance of the project on HOLD. The FAA is currently undertaking so-called “human in-[the]-loop” simulation of the Airspace Redesign. According to NATCA, the FAA hand-picks controllers to participate in these studies. Controllers selected have shown support for the FAA’s efforts as opposed to NATCA’s stated position. NATCA wants to select these representatives in order to ... Read Full Story

Quiet Rockland - No New Flights Over Rockland County, NY P.O. Box 918 Pearl River, NY 10965 USA (845) 735-9691 (phone) (845) 735-0476 (fax) Monday, November 9, 2009 - URGENT! – REJECT THE CURRENT FAA REAUTHORIZATION ACT Re: Quiet Rockland Urges All Senator-Members Of The United States Senate Committee On Finance To Reject Or Amend The FAA Reauthorization Act Dear All Honorable Senators Of The United States Senate Committee On Finance: We ask you to please vote “NO” on the current FAA Reauthorization Act. This letter is written on behalf of all Quiet Rockland members, in solidarity with 47,000 residents of Orangetown NY, 300,000 ... Read Full Story

Saturday, November 7, 2009 - FED-UP NEW YORKERS RE-NAME DELTA AIRLINES (NYSE: DAL), "AIR LEPROSY"! - ANGRILY CALL OUT THE RANDY BABBITT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) http://ejectsturgell.blogspot.com/2009/11/newsflash-fed-up-angry-new-yorkers-re.html "Thank you for flying Delta - now known as 'Air Leprosy'" Saturday, November 7, 2009 - QR Newswire NEWSFLASH!: FED-UP ANGRY NEW YORKERS RE-NAME DELTA AIRLINES, "AIR LEPROSY"! Photoblog With Pictures: http://indictsturgell.blogspot.com/2009/11/newsflash-angry-new-yorkers-re-name.html http://ejectsturgell.blogspot.com/2009/11/newsflash-fed-up-angry-new-yorkers-re.html http://removesturgell.blogspot.com/2009/11/newsflash-fed-up-angry-new-yorkers-re.html http://southwestairlinesalmostkilledyou.blogspot.com/2009/11/newsflash-fed-up-angry-new-yorkers-re.html Exhaust Cone Falls Off Jet Onto NY Home's Lawn By DAVID B. CARUSO (AP) – a few hours ago NEW YORK — An engine tailcone fell off a Delta Air Lines jet shortly after takeoff Thursday and plummeted thousands of feet before ... Read Full Story

The Federal Aviation Administration has determined a runway incursion at Los Angeles International Airport last week was minor. In a statement Wednesday, the FAA says the Oct. 25 incident was a "Category C" incursion, meaning there was "ample time and distance to avoid a potential collision." A Category A is the most serious type of incursion and a D is the least serious. The incident involved a Midwest Airlines Embraer 190 that landed and taxied toward a runway on which a Northwest Airlines Boeing 757 was taking off. The FAA estimates the total distance between the Midwest jet's nose and the Northwest plane's wingtip ... Read Full Story