Posts Tagged ‘Faa’
FAA Proposes $572,150 in Civil Penalties Against Atlas Air, Inc.
NEW YORK — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed to assess $572,150 in civil penalties against Atlas Air, Inc., of Purchase, NY, a scheduled air cargo airline, for alleged violations of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The FAA alleges that Atlas Air incorrectly installed a replacement cockpit window on a Boeing 747F, and then operated ...
Republic Airways Fined For Failure To Follow Maintenance Procedures
Continental Express (Chautauqua Airlines) Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER N484CA, originally uploaded by MDLFLYR. The FAA announced a $348,000 civil penalty against Republic Airways owned Chautauqua Airlines. The fine is for operating some of its regional jets without performing required maintenance and safety inspections. Apparently, they neglected to follow proper maintenance and safety inspection on ...
Ryanair Expects To Have Pay-For-Pee Toilets Approved
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said that he expects no objections from the EU body that governs civil air travel to his plan to charge people to use the toilets on his airline’s planes. Despite that, Mr. O’Leary says he’s having a hard time convincing the FAA to let him modify the doors. Photo Credit: Mikelo ...
Kid Directs Traffic at JFK – Includes Audio
OK, so according to MyFoxBoston, at JFK which is the nation’s 6th busiest airport, there was a kid directing ground traffic. There’s no date on the recording, and no one seems to know exactly when it happened, but it could’ve happened either very recently or 6 years ago. Bottom line, the kid makes five transmissions ...
B787 First flight videos
Here are a couple of videos from the Boeing 787′s maiden flight. It’ll be a good 2 years or so until we can actually ride one since the FAA still has to do their testing etc. I imagine that there will be some other glitches found along the way, much like there were glitches with ...
Plane attacked by a bear
I found this over at http://www.fearoflanding.com/ I figured given that today is Thanksgiving, I should be grateful for something aviation related. Well, let me just say, that I’m thankful that there are no bears in Texas. Apparently, there are Texans in Alaska though. The story goes that this guy was out fishing in Alaska, left ...
