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February 26, 2010 - Aviation and Airport Development Updates
February 26, 2010 - A summary review of Aviation and Airport Development related news and information that was made public during the past ten days. Trisha Ton-Nu also contributed to this post. If you would like to receive this update...
Pilot Safety Rule Focus of New FAA Administrator Babbitt
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Senior Special Writer Andy Pasztor states: Federal Aviation Administration chief Randy Babbitt, in his most detailed comments yet about combating pilot fatigue, vowed to tailor future regulations to better reflect the safety challenges facing...
Climate Change and Clean Energy Headline U.S. Senate Committee Hearing
John M. Broder, a columnist for the New York Times, writes that: The changing global climate will pose profound strategic challenges to the United States in coming decades, raising the prospect of military intervention to deal with the effects of...
U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Aviation Holds Hearing on FAA's Role in the Oversight of Air Carriers
FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt told the Senate Subcommittee on Aviation Wednesday, June 10, 2009, that small regional airlines are held to the same safety standards as the major carriers. Babbitt says he and Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood are ensuring...
U.S. Senate Committee Holds Hearing on FAA Reauthorization
The U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing on Wednesday, May 13, 2009, on FAA Reauthorization in which it sought information about mplementing Next Generation Air Traffic Control System (NextGen), a satellite-based navigation and air traffic management system. NextGen...
User Fees Continue To Be A Sticking Point To FAA Reauthorization
There were two events this past Thursday, May 7, 2009, that may affect H.R. 915, the FAA Reauthorization bill, which is currently pending in the U.S. House of Representatives. First, in the Obama Administration’s budget stated in its budget that...
Day Four of Waxman-Markey Bill Hearings: Al Gore, John Warner and Newt Gingrich Steal the Show
The Waxman-Markey Bill (also known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act) hearings ended with a bang, featuring Former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore, former Senator John Warner and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich....
Day Three of Waxman-Markey Bill Hearings: No Headliners, Just Lots of Talk
On Day Three of the Waxman-Markey Bill (also known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act) hearings, perhaps the best place to begin is with Rep. Edward Markey's (D-Mass) closing remarks, where he asked the panelists "do you think...
Day Two of Waxman-Markey Hearings: EPA, Energy and Transportation All Show Up
Day Two of the Hearings on the American Clean Energy and Security Act, also known as the Waxman-Markey bill, proved to be as contentious as expected. There was much evidence that the Bill would not have an easy road ahead...
Day One Of House Hearings on Waxman-Markey Climate Change Bill Produces No Surprises
On Day One of a planned four days of hearings on the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, also known as the Waxman-Markey bill, there were no surprises. This day was devoted to "opening statements" by the members...
EPA Finally Issues Endangerment Finding for Six Greenhouse Gases, Including Carbon Dioxide
Over two years ago, on April 2, 2007, the Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 U.S. 497 (2007), directed the EPA Administrator to determine whether or not emissions of greenhouse gases from new motor vehicles cause or contribute to...
Although originally billed as a Senate hearing on FAA Reauthorization, because another continuing resolution was passed last week, the Senate Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety and Security switched the focus of the hearing from Reauthorization to NextGen and "the Benefits...
U.S. House Subcommittee on Aviation Holds Hearing on FAA's NextGen and ATC Modernization Efforts
On March 18, 2009, the U.S. House Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing entitled "Air Traffic Control Modernization and the Next Generation Air Transportation System: Near-Term Achievable Goals." The Subcommittee and the FAA are placing much of their hopes and...
U.S. House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Holds Hearings on FAA Reauthorization Bill
The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has proposed H.R. 915, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009. Since funding authorization for aviation programs and authorization for taxes and fees that provide revenue for the FAA expired at the end...
New Acting Administrator for the FAA: Lynne A. Osmus
The White House announced today, January 6, 2009, that Lynne A. Osmus will take over for Bobby Sturgell effective January 16, 2009. Near the end of a "personnel announcement," announcing many of President Bush's last minute appointments is the the...
House Aviation Subcommittee Conducts Hearing on Runway Safety
The U.S. House Subcommittee on Aviation met on September 25, 2008 to receive testimony on runway safety. This hearing was a follow-up to the Subcommittee's February 13th hearing. Rep. Jerry Costello (D-Ill.) stated in his opening remarks that although the...
Rep. Jerry Costello (D-IL), Chairman of the Aviation Subcommittee remarked in his opening statement that it is: “inexcusable and unacceptable to ignore rules, regulations and standard practices to accommodate those you have responsibility to regulate especially when you have people’s...
During July, the Government Accounting Office issued several reports regarding various aviation topics. One of the topics not covered was the East Coast Airspace Redesign, which was supposed to be issued at the end of July, but now probably will...
House Aviation Subcommittee Hears Testimony About the Air Traffic Controller Situation
Yesterday, June, 11, 2008, the House Aviation Subcommittee heard testimony (click on link for video the hearing) on a situation that is becoming more dire as every day passes - Air Traffic Controllers are retiring, leaving a dearth of qualified,...
The Government Accountability Office published the testimony that Dr. Gerald Dilllingham gave to the House Subcommittee on Aviation regarding the FAA's efforts to hire and train more air traffic controllers. The Dr. Dillingham's testimony, entitled "FAA's Efforts to Hire, Staff...
House Subcommittee on Aviation Hears FAA Testimony on Aircraft Emissions of Greenhouse Gases
At a May 6, 2008, hearing of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Aviation, the FAA sought to dispel several "myths" concerning the effect that aircraft emissions of greenhouse gases have on the environment. Coming a little over one month after...
EPA Plans To Release An Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Aircraft Emissions
At a April 2, 2008, hearing entitled "From the Wright Brothers to the Right Solutions: Curbing Soaring Aviation Emissions," the EPA indicated its plans to release an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) soon to solicit comments regarding curbing greenhouse...
On April 11, 2008, a group of concerned cities, companies and citizens filed comments regarding the EPA's proposed revisions to the General Conformity Regulations (see earlier post "EPA Proposes Revisions to General Conformity Rules). To see the Group's actual Comment...
