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April 08, 2009

NTSB To Hold Flight 1549 Hearing In Early June

Will Review Ditching Safety, Bird Ingestion Standards

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public hearing on June 9-10, 2009, as part of its ongoing investigation into the ditching of a US Airways Airbus A320 into the Hudson River in New York City in January. The hearing will be held at the NTSB's Board Room and Conference Center in Washington, DC.

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AD: McDonnell Douglas

AD NUMBER: 2009-08-02 MANUFACTURER: McDonnell Douglas SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2009-08-02 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all McDonnell Douglas airplanes identified above.

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OpenSkies Completes Merger With L'Avion

Deal Bolsters Fledgling Business-Only Airline

British Airways subsidiary OpenSkies announced this week it has completed its merger with L'Avion, the first all-business class French airline. The combined airline, now referred to as OpenSkies, offers customers a single Business Class brand for trans-Atlantic travel.

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Machinists, United Airlines Open Contract Negotiations

Ramp Workers, Security Guards Want Job Security, To Win Back Previous Concessions

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 141 exchanged opening contract proposals in Chicago, IL, Wednesday with United Airlines for the carrier's 16,000 Ramp & Stores, Public Contact, Food Service, Maintenance Instructor, Fleet Technical Instructor and Security Guard employees. The current IAM agreements become amendable on December 31, 2009.

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USA Today: Study Shows Bird Strikes Have Increased Since 1990s

Cites Data From FAA Database Showing 62 Percent Increase

Aero-News reported last months on findings by the Associated Press, that the FAA applied on March 24 for permission to lock down its database of bird strike reports. The agency expressed the concern release of the data would cast a negative light on the images of certain airports, and the airline industry in general.

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TSA Moves To Replace Metal Detectors With Body Scanners

Privacy, Health Issues Top Critics' List Of Concerns

When the US Transportation Security Administration announced the debut of full-body scanners at American airports, all the concern seemed to be over whether passengers would revolt at the idea of strangers looking at their bodies with X-ray vision. TSA assured us the screeners seeing the images wouldn't know who we were, that the images would not be retained, and that only volunteers who preferred X-rays to being frisked would be scanned.

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V Australia Launches Second Trans-Pacific Route

LAX-Brisbane Service Begins Wednesday

It's amazing what a couple new planes can do when it comes to launching a new airline. Less than six weeks after starting its inaugural Los Angeles-Sydney service, V Australia will launch its second route, to Brisbane, on Wednesday.

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ALPA, Island Air Reach Tentative Contract Agreement

TA Contains Wage, Work Rules And Other Improvements

Island Air pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA), announced this week they had reached a Tentative Agreement with management after 16 months of contract negotiations. This agreement, if ratified by the pilot group, will provide wage increases, work rule improvements and furlough protection.

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