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July 19, 2008

AD: 328 Support Services (Dornier)

AD NUMBER: 2008-14-16 MANUFACTURER: 328 Support Services GmbH SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-14-16 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product.

AD NUMBER: 2008-13-01 MANUFACTURER: Fokker SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-13-01 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product.

AD NUMBER: 2008-14-14 MANUFACTURER: Boeing SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-14-14 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 747-400 and 747-400D series airplanes.

AD NUMBER: 2008-15-01 MANUFACTURER: Empresa SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-15-01 SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to all Model EMB-120 series airplanes, that requires revising the airplane flight manual to include operational limitations for use of the autopilot, installing two placards that advise the flight crew to check the pitch trim before descent, and modifying the elevator trim system, which would terminate the requirements of the AD.

AD NUMBER: 2008-14-17 MANUFACTURER: Airbus SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2008-14-17 SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product.

Flight Attendants Say Everyone Should Be Checked

About a year ago, Congress passed a bill intended as a tune-up to US anti-terrorism merasures. It ordered the Transportation Security Administration to find some way to expedite airport security screening for pilots, instead of simply having them cut in line ahead of passengers.