A union leader has accused American Eagle of declaring war on its pilots after the company announced it was transferring 14 regional jets to another airline. Captain Herb Mark, chairman of the American Eagle unit of the Air Line Pilots Association, said in a statement, “Our collective bargaining agreement requires that if American Eagle transfers all or part of the airline’s operation, our pil more

The Dee Howard Company, created in 1947 and under Chapter 11 protection since mid-February, is now San Antonio Aerospace. Sale of San Antonio International-based Dee Howard at auction was approved by Federal District Court in San Antonio in April. The winning bid came from Singapore Technologies for $14.5 million in cash and an additional $3 million to $4 million in “other considerations.” The more

The numbers are in for deliveries of business aircraft in the first half of this year, and the news isn’t good despite a slight increase of 27 aircraft shipments from the first quarter 2002 to the second quarter. From 571 in the first half of last year, aircraft deliveries dropped a numbing 24.87 percent to 429 in the first half of this year.

The numbers are based in part on the quart more

In the first half of this year, the U.S. business jet and turboprop fleet suffered 36 accidents, including seven fatal ones resulting in 19 passengers and crew members killed, according to Robert E. Breiling Associates of Boca Raton, Fla. While this is an increase of only one in the total number of accidents, it is a major decline in fatalities vs the same period last year. Breiling reported 35 to more

A partial settlement has been reached in the Oct. 16, 2000 crash of the Cessna 335 that killed Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan and two others on board when the recip-twin crashed into the wooded hills south of St. Louis. Also on board where the governor’s son Randy, who was acting as pilot, and Chris Sifford, a campaign aide. The NTSB determined the probable cause was the pilot’s spatial disori more

The pilot of the Cessna 402B recip-twin that crashed on takeoff in the Bahamas last year, killing 22-year-old singer and actress Aaliyah, himself and seven others, had traces of cocaine and alcohol in his body. Authorities are investigating how the substances might have affected the pilot at the time of the crash. The 30-year old pilot was sentenced to three years probation on charges of crack coc more

A developer may convert portions of the former Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock, Texas, into a full-service general aviation airport. According to Eric Williams, executive director of the Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority, Riata Development signed an agreement in late June to lease 1,700 acres for the airport and is now in due diligence. The base, totaling 2,500 acres, has been under developmen more

Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS) at Berlin-Schönefeld Airport has successfully completed its first retrofit of a Bombardier Learjet 31A to meet JAR-OPS Part 1 requirements. In a separate development, LBAS expects to begin offering interior refurbishment work for all Bombardier business aircraft models in the near future. Through association with E.I.S. Aircraft, the facility will off more

To ensure that FAA’s final selection of technology for its next-generation communications (Nexcom) is the most cost effective, the General Accounting Office has recommended the agency assess the “potential impact of emerging technologies.” In March 1998, the FAA rejected five other technological approaches for Nexcom and selected VHF digital link mode 3 (VDL-3) as the preferred technology. B more

Last month, the FAA handed off notam waiver requests to the Transportation Security Administration. Existing FAA-issued waivers will continue to be valid, but now operators requesting permission to conduct operations not permitted by existing notams should send their waiver requests to TSA. The security agency will also handle requests from international Part 91 operators for waivers to the design more