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September 21, 2012

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American Airlines is sending out 11,000 layoff warnings to its employees, but the airlines says it's really not as bad as all that. Bruce Hicks, spokesman for American, says that fewer than 40% of those receiving the notices will actually lose their jobs; the final number is expected to be closer to about 4,400. The Breitling demonstration jet team has decided to stand down from scheduled performances in Belgium and France after the loss of one of its aircraft this past Saturday. According to news released by Breitling, the team was enroute from the Netherlands to Belgium when “pilot Bernard Charbonnel reported an engine problem with the No

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FAA Issues NPRM For Helicopter Noise Standards

Comments Due To The Agency By November 19

The FAA has published proposed new standards for Stage 3 helicopter noise in the Federal Register as an NPRM. The proposal would set more stringent noise certification standards for helicopters that are certificated in the U.S. This rule would apply to applications for a new helicopter type design and for a supplemental type certificate for those new type designs.