Tag: FAA

July 25, 2019

DICKSON CONFIRMED: The Senate gave Dickson the green light to be administrator of the FAA on Wednesday in a 52-40 party-line vote, with seven presidential candidates and Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) not voting. (Isakson is in Georgia recovering after a […]

July 9, 2019

DEMS LEANING TOWARD OPPOSING FAA NOMINEE: Democrats on the Senate Commerce Committee are leaning against supporting Steve Dickson’s nomination for FAA administrator, your host and Brianna Gurciullo reported Monday evening. So far, there are only two confirmed no’s — ranking […]

May 16, 2019

HOUSE COMMITTEE DIGS IN: The House Transportation Committee grilled Elwell on Wednesday about the agency’s work on the Boeing 737 MAX, which is grounded worldwide after two deadly crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia. Our Brianna Gurciullo has you covered on […]

May 6, 2019

DRIP DRIP DRIP: Boeing test pilots didn’t know how strong the 737 MAX’s anti-stall system was or that it depended on only one sensor, The Wall Street Journal has reported. Also in the spotlight: who Boeing told and when about […]

April 16, 2019

BUSINESSMAN IN CHIEF? Trump offered a piece of advice to Boeing in an early morning tweet on Monday: Fix the troubled 737 MAX, add some new features, and rebrand with a new name. The company is already working on that […]

April 1, 2019

CONGRESS EYEING PILOT TRAINING, AUTOMATION: As scooped by your host, on Friday Transportation Committee leaders in the House wrote to DOT’s inspector general, asking for a new investigation into international pilot training standards and cockpit automation. The request is on […]

March 25, 2019

THIS WEEK ON THE HILL: Congress returns from a one-week break with Boeing on its mind. The Senate Commerce’s aviation subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday looking at federal oversight of aviation safety in the wake of two recent […]

March 22, 2019

NEED FOR SPEED: Concerns about the FAA’s strategy of delegating much of its regulatory oversight to employees at the companies it oversees are being amplified in the wake of the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes in recent months, our Kathryn […]

March 20, 2019

DICKSON PICKED: Nearly 15 months after the FAA’s last permanent administrator departed, Trump nominated Steve Dickson, a former Delta Air Lines executive, to replace him. The nomination comes at a time of crisis for the agency, which is under scrutiny […]

March 18, 2019

IG INVESTIGATING FAA: The Department of Transportation’s inspector general is investigating the FAA’s approval of the Boeing 737 MAX, according to the Wall Street Journal. The inquiry will be focused on the agency’s Seattle office which certifies the safety of […]

March 13, 2019

FAA STANDS ALONE: FAA continued to stand firm in its decision not to ground Boeing 737 MAX planes in the U.S., even as a barrage of lawmakers, former officials, unions and others urged the agency to follow in the footsteps […]

March 11, 2019

ANOTHER 737 MAX CRASH, NOW WHAT?: Though the exact circumstances are still up in the air, another 737 Max 8 has crashed shortly after takeoff, including some similarities with up-and-down altitudes seen in a Lion Air crash many attribute to […]

January 16, 2019

— Day 26 of the shutdown. A judge decided against issuing temporary restraining orders to stop the government from making air traffic controllers and others work without compensation. — Thousands of FAA inspectors and other employees have gone back to […]

January 15, 2019

— Day 25 of the shutdown. Closed TSA lanes clogged security lines, bogging down multiple airports over the weekend and into Monday, as the number of unscheduled absences by TSA agents asked to work without pay continues to rise. — […]

October 2, 2018

The FAA bill cleared a procedural hurdle Monday night and Republican senators say they expect a vote today. “It’s gonna pass by an overwhelming margin,” Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) told MT. It’s been 460 days since the Senate Commerce Committee […]

September 14, 2018

YOUR DAILY FAA BILL NEWS FIX: All eyes have been on the Senate for months, but action on the agency’s reauthorization is now back in the House where lawmakers are trying to come up with a bill, pre-approved by Senate […]

August 22, 2018

Every day brings lawmakers closer to the deadline to reauthorize the FAA, and both funding the government and confirming a Supreme Court nominee are on their to-do list for September. But Senate Commerce Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Tuesday […]

August 1, 2018

Senate Democrats are almost ready to poll members on their side of the aisle about the current iteration of the FAA bill, S. 1405 (115), save for one issue — meal and rest breaks for interstate truckers. Senate Commerce ranking […]

June 22, 2018

The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled a far-reaching proposal to reorganize the federal government, with four pages dedicated to our favorite department. The document makes clear that the administration still wants air traffic control operations taken out of the FAA, […]

June 15, 2018

ELECTRIC, VERTICAL-LIFT AIR-TAXIS may someday criss-cross the skies, but the timelines their advocates are proposing are ambitious, to say the least. Uber, for example, predicted at its Elevate conference last month that it would begin deploying its system, UberAIR, in […]