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November 05, 2004

APAAD Is On The Web

Site Dedicated To Overturning Mandatory Pilot Retirement At Age 60

From The Airline Pilots Against Age Discrimination: Federal Aviation Regulation 14 CFR (Part 121.363c) promulgates this institutional age discrimination. Pilots who are employed by airlines that operate under this part are forced to retire at age 60. The FAA does not restrict pilots operating under other parts of the Federal Aviation Regulations to retire at age 60.

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AAL Could Cancel Some Boeing Orders

World's Biggest Airline Struggles Against Tide Of Red Ink

Continuing its attempts to climb out of the financial cellar, the world's biggest airline says it wants Boeing to hold off. With depressed fares and too much capacity in the system, American has canceled orders for 18 RJs.

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NATA's Take On The Election

Congratulations, Mr. President

National Air Transportation Association (NATA) president James K. Coyne congratulated President George W. Bush and those elected and re-elected to Congress for their hard-fought victories.

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Indy Woman Behind Grassroots Campaign To Save ATA

Networking To Send Out Message Of Hope

Neither Lorraine Ball nor Suzanne Schwartz works for ATA Airlines. They're not even "unofficial employees" like the guy in the Wendy's hamburgers commercial. But if they have anything to do with it, ATA will not go the way of the dodo.

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Naked Man Climbs Aboard Qantas Flight At LAX

Canadian Stowaway Angered Over Inability To Buy Ticket

Neil Melly was determined to fly to Australia. So when his credit card ended up shooting blanks at the ticket counter, the 31-year old Canadian man was not to be deterred. The very next day, he ran naked onto the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport, climbed into the wheel well of a taxiing Qantas 747 and hunkered down for a long, long flight.

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What Happened At Reno?

Flights Delayed After ILS Went Down

Snow that accumulated on its Category II ILS glideslope antenna at Reno-Tahoe International Airport Wednesday caused the precision landing equipment to malfunction. That forced the cancelation or diversion of 85 flights, a spokeswoman for the airport told ANN.

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TSA Hires Lockheed To Improve EDS

Goal: Better Threat Detection, Faster Processing

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has selected a team led by Lockheed Martin to develop enhancements for certified explosives detection systems (EDS) in US airports.

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The Triplets Have Arrived

Ryanair Takes Delivery Of Three 737s

Boeing this week delivered "triplet" 737s to Europe’s most successful low-cost carrier, Ryanair, at Boeing Field in Seattle (WA). The three new airplanes bring Ryanair’s fleet of advanced Next-Generation 737s to a total of 62.

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AD: Boeing

AD NUMBER: 2004-22-15 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2004-22-15 SUMMARY: This amendment supersedes an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certainBoeing Model 747-400 series airplanes, that currently requires installation of strap assemblies onthe ceiling panels and rails that support the video monitors.

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