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Boeing and FAA have found an additional software issue on the 737 MAX, separate from the MCAS problem, that will require additional time to fix, as Boeing disclosed in a securities filing on June 26. “The Federal Aviation Administration has asked The Boeing Company to address, through the software changes to the 737 MAX that […]

The DOT and the FAA are taking steps to advance the development of civil supersonic aircraft beginning with the FAA’s initiation of two rulemaking activities on civil supersonic aircraft noise. The first is a proposed rule for noise certification of supersonic aircraft, the second a proposed rule to streamline and clarify the procedures to obtain […]

A former Delta Air Lines pilot has stepped forward during the controversy that began last week over the nomination of Steve Dickson to the FAA’s top job. In a letter to the ranking Democrat on the Senate Commerce committee, Maria Cantwell (D-Wash), Politico reported former Delta Captain Karl Seuring called on lawmakers to wait for […]

Tamarack Aerospace, the company under investigation following incidents involving aircraft it had modified, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy early in June, and announced its position on Friday, June 7. The company, based in Sandpoint, Idaho, cited recent airworthiness directives issued by the FAA and EASA that had “effectively grounded” those Citation CJ1s, CJ2s, CJ3s, and […]

The final nomination vote of Steve Dickson, President Trump’s nominee to run the FAA, has been delayed while a Senate committee investigates the nominee’s role in a previously unreported whistleblower complaint filed by a Delta Air Lines Airbus 330 pilot while Dickson was still Delta Airline’s senior vice president of flight operations. Dickson’s Senate nomination […]

The FAA last week warned aircraft operators of potential problems if they had their McCauley constant speed propellers serviced by Sensenich Propeller Services, Inc., North Windham, Connecticut. The agency says the company was re-installing equipment without fully following the recommended methods, techniques, and practices prescribed in the current McCauley constant speed propellers maintenance manual. The […]

The FAA has released the new Airmen Certification Standards (ACS) for the airline transport pilot (ATP) rating, effective on June 28, 2019. The effort brings together the previously used practical test standards with additional requirements for the certificate, updates to the knowledge exam, and notes formerly distributed across a variety of source materials. As with […]

The FAA today issued an airworthiness directive effective immediately that grounds all Cessna Citation CJ 525, 525A and 525B models operating with Tamarack active load alleviation system (ATLAS) winglets installed in accordance with STCSA03842NY. The agency said malfunctioning of the ATLAS could lead to loss of control of the entire aircraft. The European Aviation Safety […]

In 2009, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed in the Buffalo, New York, metropolitan area, killing all 49 passengers and crewmembers on board and one person inside the house into which the Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 crashed. The extensive post-crash investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board found that the pilots were completely at fault. The captain […]

Hobbyist drone pilots in the United States face new restrictions after the FAA adopted stricter rules and regulations aimed at keeping the national airspace system safe and available for both manned and unmanned aircraft. Under the new rules, which took effect this month, hobbyist drone pilots are no longer exempt under Section 336, which has […]