Says Agency Holding Self, Airlines To Different Standards
Following up on an Associated Press report this week -- which
noted the FAA has shifted from precise monitoring of equipment used
for air traffic control purposes, to a trend-based methodology --
the National Air Traffic Controllers Association slammed the agency
for what the union terms its "hypocrisy."
The airline industry's next mega-merger may soon be in the
offing. The New York Times reports United Airlines and Continental
Airlines are coming close to agreement on combining forces, and
could announce the deal by the end of next week.
It was a small trip, but also a major leap. On Friday, Boeing
moved the 787 Dreamliner static test airframe from its Final
Assembly facility in Everett, WA to its structural test rig,
located only 1,000 feet away from Final Assembly at the Everett
factory.
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