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February 17, 2011

ANN Special Feature: Why Private Screeners Are Better - 02.17.11

ANN's Paul Plack talks with Bob Poole, Founder and Director of Transportation Studies for the Reason Foundation, about why airport screening works better when done by private contractors.

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House FAA Bill Endorsed By ARSA

Repair Station Association Supports Increased Oversight Of Repair Facilities

A provision dealing with oversight of maintenance and repair stations worldwide in the FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011 (H.R. 658) moving through the U.S. House of Representatives has drawn praise from the Aeronautical Repair Station Association.

Union "Encouraged" By Senate Defeat The Move "To Strip TSA Of Collective Bargaining"

The U.S. Senate Tuesday voted down an amendment to the FAA reauthorization bill which would have severely curbed the ability of TSOs to organize for collective bargaining.

If Successful, EADS Plans To Fly An Unmanned Hydrogen-Powered Test Plane In 2014

EADS Innovation Works, the group’s corporate research arm, is working with university researchers to find a new storage system for hydrogen which would keep it as a solid for possible use as a clean alternative in airplane and car engines.

Bunce: Association Looks Forward To Working With Congress

GAMA president and CEO Pete Bunce says the FAA reauthorization bill is "vital" to the health of general aviation manufacturers, and on Wednesday praised the chairs of the full committee and subcommittee for getting the bill through the Transportation committee and on to Committee on Ways and Means.

Goes Next To The Committee On Ways And Means

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved H.R. 658, the FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011 Wednesday afternoon.

AIA Supports House Version Of FAA Reauthorization Act

Blakey: "This Is A Good Bill"

AIA's Marion Blakey on Tuesday expressed support for the FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011 (H.R. 658) which is currently moving through the U.S. House of Representatives.