Tag: FAA

May 2, 2018

The FAA is issuing today a new airworthiness directive requiring inspections of more CFM56-7B engine fan blades, two weeks after the deadly Southwest Airlines accident involving that kind of engine. As our Brianna Gurciullo reported for Pros, the FAA is […]

April 20, 2018

IN THE WEEDS: Thursday marked the filing deadline for amendments to the House FAA bill, H.R. 4 (115), and we read through them so you don’t have to! Don’t worry, this will be condensed in tl;dr format. We’re expecting a […]

February 20, 2018

INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK V.?: After this week’s recess, Congress has just 16 legislative days (based on the current schedule) to reauthorize the FAA. And funding is set to run out the first week of the next break — the traditional two-week […]

June 30, 2017

AS THE JET FUMES BURN: The Senate Commerce Committee marks up its FAA reauthorization bill (S. 1405) Thursday morning, hours before lawmakers skip town and board flights home for the July Fourth recess. For that reason (and the way the […]