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Aviation safety under scrutiny: Four takeaways from congressional hearings
Senior FAA officials testified before the Senate, while Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy faced questions from the House over airline safety issues.
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DC military-air traffic control hotline hasn't worked for over 3 years
The FAA confirmed the agency didn't know the hotline hadn't been working since March 2022 until after the latest near miss at ...
Air travel will be ‘worse’ this summer, lawmakers warn — as FAA gives infuriating update on system fixes, staffing issues
Air Traffic Organization deputy COO Franklin McIntosh revealed in an exchange with Klobuchar that the agency is only on track to hire 2,000 air traffic controllers by the end of this year — ...
3 look to follow Robin Kelly in U.S. House as she seeks bigger profile in Washington
With U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly looking to take the place of Dick Durbin in the Senate, others are looking to compete for her job in Washington. In the wake of Kelly’s announcement of her plans, after ...
Hotline connecting Pentagon with DC’s Ronald Reagan airport has been ‘inoperable’ for over 3 years: FAA
A hotline connecting the Pentagon with air traffic controllers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has been ...
FAA considered banning Army helicopters after recent incidents at Reagan National
Air traffic controllers recently had to tell two commercial airplanes to abort their landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport after an Army Black Hawk helicopter strayed into restricted airspace ...
Hotline between military and air traffic controllers in Washington hasn't worked for over 3 years
A hotline between military and civilian air traffic controllers in Washington, D.C., that hasn't worked for more than three ...