FAA

Agency says Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington violated regulations.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says the FAA is partially to blame for the 2019 fatal accident involving an air tour helicopter in Hawaii.  The NTSB suggests if the FAA had not delayed the installation of weather cameras in the region, the pilot might have been alerted to dangerous conditions and not continued the […]

Air traffic controllers guide passenger with no flight training to a safe landing.

A letter petitions for the need to continue availability of the current fuel supply during the transition to unleaded avgas.

If successful, the airline would be allowed to hire pilots with just 750 hours, half of the current requirement.

Recent high-profile cases underline the importance of knowing the law before an incident happens.

In a move that the FAA says will not “add delay” to completing type certification, the agency says it is “modifying its regulatory approach” to certificating electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

The funds will come from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

The FAA is ramping up air traffic control staffing in northern Florida and eyeing new strategies to keep aircraft moving, the company announced after a two-day meeting with airlines and aviation stakeholders targeting air traffic congestion in the state. FAA staffing shortages, particularly at the Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center, along with weather, space […]

YouTube personality and backcountry pilot says if his certificate suspension is upheld, people may be forced to make dangerous landings.