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All News

November 25, 2014

Teamsters Win Midwest Seniority Case For Flight Attendants

Arbitrator Found Union Proposal 'Most Fair And Equitable'

The Teamsters Airline Division and Teamsters Local 135 prevailed in the Midwest Seniority Integration Arbitration on November 18, when labor arbitrator Homer C. La Rue found the Teamsters' proposal to be the most "fair and equitable" method to integrate Republic and former Midwest flight attendants.

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EAA Seeks Path Forward On Stadium Overflights

Flights Became More Common, Popular Following Sequestration In 2013

This week, EAA representatives met with FAA officials to explore possibilities to continue popular stadium overflights in experimental category aircraft, including those prior to NFL games, NASCAR races, and other major public events.

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Idaho Hangar Home Developer Faces Uphill Legal Battle

Judge Rules That County Must Follow FAA Regulations For Separation, Through-The-Fence Access

A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed three of four lawsuits filed against Bonner County, ID by SilverWing at Sandpoint ... a hangar home development at Sandpoint Airport (KSZT) in Sandpoint, Idaho ... over through-the-fence access to the airport as well as the proximity of a new taxiway to a proposed extended runway.

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Frontier Airlines Orders Nine A321ceo Aircraft

Deal Marks Carrier's First Order For Largest A320 Family Member

Frontier Airlines has placed a firm order for nine Airbus A321ceo (current engine option) aircraft. This is the first time Frontier has ordered the largest member of the Airbus A320 Family. The airline currently flies a fleet of 35 A319ceo, and 20 A320ceo aircraft. In addition, Frontier has on its order backlog 80 A320neo (new engine option) family aircraft.

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SoCal Police Agencies Welcome New MD 520N Helicopter

Burbank And Glendale Police Joint Air Support Unit To Operate The Aircraft

A new MD 520N helicopter has been delivered to the Burbank and Glendale Police Joint Air Support Unit located in the state of California. With this delivery, Burbank and Glendale will own four of the aircraft.

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Key Orion Avionics Provided By Ball Aerospace

Company Also Supplying Antenna Hardware For The New Spacecraft

Phased array antennas and flight test cameras for the first flight of NASA's Orion spacecraft planned for next month have been provided to prime contractor Lockheed Martin by Ball Aerospace.  Orion's Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1), which is an unmanned test flight scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida on December 4.

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Trans States Airlines Selected To Operate 15 Aircraft Owned By AA

Deliveries Expected To Begin In April 2015 At A Rate Of Two Aircraft Per Month

Trans States Airlines has finalized an agreement with American Airlines to operate at least 15 Embraer E145 aircraft under the American Eagle brand. Deliveries are slated to begin in April of 2015 at a rate of two per month until all aircraft are in place.

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EASA Certifies New ATR-600 Avionics Developments

LPV, RNP-AR, V-NAV Functionalities All Approved By The Agency

EASA has certified innovations developed for the avionics of the ATR 42-600s and ATR 72-600, according to the manufacturer. The new certification concerns the LPV (Localizer Performance with Vertical guidance), RNP-AR 0.3 (Required Navigation Performance with Authorization Required) and V-NAV (Vertical Navigation) approach functionalities coupled to the autopilot.

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Japanese Military To Acquire V-22 Osprey Tilt-Rotor Aircraft

Purchase Controversial, May Have Political Consequences

The Japanese Ministry of Defense has officially agreed to acquire an undetermined number of V-22 Osprey aircraft, as well as E-2D Hawkeye airplanes and Global Hawk unmanned systems.

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Hawaii's Island Air Asks For Return Of Pilot Bonuses

About 45 Pilots Received The Payouts In Error

About 45 pilots flying for Hawaii-based Island Air must have felt like the company went from Santa Claus to Ebenezer Scrooge when they were given Christmas bonuses ... only to have the company ask for them to be returned.

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FAA Proposes $150,000 Civil Penalty Against AAR Aircraft Services

Alleges Violations Of Aircraft Maintenance Procedures

The FAA is proposing a $150,000 civil penalty against AAR Aircraft Services Inc. of Oklahoma City, OK, for alleged aircraft maintenance violations.

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Navy's 1st F35C Lightning II Squadron Surpasses 1000 Flight Hours

Milestone For 'Mishap-Free' Hours Reached This Month

The "Grim Reapers" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101, the Navy's first F-35C Lightning II carrier variant squadron, reached a milestone in November 2014 by surpassing 1,000 mishap-free flight hours in the F-35C.

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Airborne 11.24.14: FAA Ready To Restrict UAVs?, Sonex's 500th!, Trig TT31 AML

Also: SWAPA Files For NMB, XCOR Milestone, RV Video Tips, Levil's New APP, Ready For AirVenture?

In breaking news, ANN has learned that the upcoming regs for UAVs are likely to be highly restrictive. The rules would require commercial UAV operators to have a licence, and flights would be limited to under 400 feet during daylight hours only within sight of the person operating the aircraft. Additionally, all UAVs that weigh less than 55 pounds would be covered by the same set of rules. Sonex Aircraft, passed a major benchmark last week, as news was received from Christopher Madsen of Huntsville, Alabama that his

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United States, Mexico Reach Agreement On Air Transport

Removes Barriers To Market Access For Passenger And Cargo Airlines

U.S. government officials led by the Department of State’s Economic and Business Affairs Bureau reached agreement, ad referendum, on a new civil aviation agreement between the United States and Mexico. The agreement will enter into force on January 1, 2016, after both parties have completed their necessary routine internal processes.

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FAA Announces NextGen Upgrade For Washington, D.C. Airspace

Improvements Will Benefit Holiday Travelers, Agency Says

Just in time for the busy holiday travel season, the FAA announced that the Washington, D.C. Metroplex is the first in the nation to have three, state-of-the-art, satellite-based "highways in the sky" running side by side by side, each dedicated to one of the three major airports in the region.

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DOT IG Rips FAA At House Hearing

Says Budget Continues To Grow Despite Drop In Air Traffic

The DOT's Inspector General Calvin Scovel III offered a less-than-flattering assessment of the FAA during a hearing last week before the House Transportation Committee, which will write the agency's next reauthorization bill.

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New Crew Arrives At Space Station

Expedition 42 Crew Made Six-Hour Journey To ISS

Three new crew members representing the United States, Russia and Italy are at the International Space Station (ISS). The Soyuz TMA-15M vehicle docked to the International Space Station at 9:48 p.m. EST, above the Pacific Ocean, approaching the coast of Ecuador.

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Eight Fatally Injured In Romanian Helicopter Accident

Two Survived When The IAR-330 Puma Went Down

Eight NATO service members were fatally injured Friday when the Romanian-build IAR-330 Puma helicopter they were aboard went down during a training exercise.

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AeroSports Update: Cumulus Soaring, Inc. Customers Chip In

Cumulus Soaring, Inc. Has Made Lots Of Friends, And When Paul Remde Asked For Help, Good Friends And Good Business Paid Off

A couple of months ago we reported that Paul Remde, the owner of Cumulus Soaring, Inc. posted the following message on his website: “I love my job. I enjoy supporting the soaring community and helping soaring pilots. I am very thankful for all the soaring friends I have made and the trust placed in me by soaring pilots from around the world. But I have come to a crossroads in my life and business and I need your help to be able to continue. I want to continue to support the gliding community for many more years.”

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Airbus Helicopters Looks To Reduce Mississippi, Texas Staffs

Offered Severance Packages As Helo Sales Slow Worldwide

Airbus Helicopters has offered its employees working in Lowndes County, MS voluntary severance packages as sales of helicopters slow worldwide.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (11.25.14)

“These new and improved highways in the sky mean increased safety, more on time arrivals and departures, reduced fuel consumption, and reduced pollution-causing emissions.” Source: Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (11.25.14): Departure Control

A function of an approach control facility providing air traffic control service for departing IFR and, under certain conditions, VFR aircraft.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (11.25.14)

FAA Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plans to hire and train tens of thousands of air traffic controllers over the next decade. FAA's controller workforce reached 14,463 in fiscal 2013.

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