Representatives with the National Air Traffic Controllers
Association (NATCA) told Aero-News this week that controllers at
Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) filed an ethics complaint
Thursday against certified industrial hygienists hired by the FAA,
and urged the agency to immediately address a black mold outbreak
in the tower.
A proposed jobs program to attract residents affected by
operations at Los Angeles International Airport cannot be supported
by airport revenue funds, the FAA told officials at the busy
airport this week.
Airline Takes Delivery Of Two Former Independence Air
Planes
After suffering the loss of two of its aircraft earlier this
month, Armenian carrier Armavia's fleet is once again back up to
six aircraft, with the airline's acceptance of two A319s.
FAA Administrator Blakey is out stumping on issues near and dear
to her heart... but a succinct summation of the labor difficulties
she has with the ATC folks seems tailor-made for your perusal. The
following remarks were made during her speech to the City Club of
Cleveland, in Cleveland, OH, on May 19, 2006.
A person with perhaps too much time on their hands -- and far
too little sense -- apparently thought it would be funny to
scribble the word "boom" in the bathroom of a US Airways A319.
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