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November 2009
Bill seeks to limit TSA’s SD authority
A bipartisan group of congressmen has introduced a bill that would modify the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) authority to issue security directives (SD) without notice or public input.
H.R.3678 would amend the U.S. Code so that the TSA could not issue an SD immediately. Instead, the agency would need to submit the SD to the Transportation Security Oversight Board “to more
Congress to Obama: no user fees in ’11 budget
Two powerful members of the House aviation subcommittee are circulating a letter urging President Obama not to include general aviation user fees in the Fiscal Year 2011 budget.
Both subcommittee chairman Jerry Costello (D-Ill.) and ranking Republican Thomas Petri (Wis.) advocate maintaining the current mechanism of using fuel taxes to support the Aviation Trust Fund, as contained in < more
CitationShares is now CitationAir by Cessna
Responding to the brave new world of recession-shaped business aviation, CitationShares last month in New York City unveiled a rebranding that sees the company change its name to CitationAir by Cessna and promote the scope of its offerings beyond the fractional operation it has been since its founding in 2000 as a joint venture between Cessna and Geneva-based Tag Aviation when the two companies bo more
Rosekind named for NTSB post
President Obama has nominated Mark Rosekind, an aviation fatigue specialist and former head of NASA’s fatigue research program, to fill a vacancy on the NTSB. He is currently president and chief scientist for Alertness Solutions, a company he founded.
Over the past 25 years, Rosekind has conducted research at leading academic institutions, directed the NASA fatigue countermeasures pr more
NBAA Convention Report 2009
For Cessna Mustang owner Jeff Greenberg, NBAA’s 62nd Annual Meeting & Convention just wasn’t long enough. Attracted to the event held last month in Orlando by NBAA’s more than 1,000 exhibitors and the Light Business Airplane Conference sessions, Greenberg said he really wished the show lasted one more day. On the first day, Greenberg tried to visit all the exhibitors on his to-do list, then more
New (and born-again) Turboprops
Epic LT
Hints of trouble began to emerge at Bend, Ore.-based Epic more than a year ago when a deal for a $200 million infusion from an Indian billionaire collapsed, the company skipped EAA AirVenture and then issued a press rel more
Donnelly succeeds Campbell as Textron CEO next month
Cessna and Bell parent company Textron has tapped company president and COO Scott Donnelly to replace retiring Lewis Campbell as CEO, effective December 1. Campbell has been with Textron for the past 17 years, including the last 11 as CEO, following a lengthy career in the auto industry. He presided over the company during business aviation’s period of greatest growth as well as its recent slide more
P&WC Consolidating Facilities
Pratt & Whitney Canada last month announced that it is cutting 410 jobs and closing its Longueuil plant near Montreal, citing the global slowdown in the aerospace market. It plans to eliminate 250 jobs by year-end and another 160 by the end of next year, when it shuts down the Longueuil facility. more
Pelton: Bizav Issues Don’t End at Borders
Business aviation faces similar issues around the world that will require operators to cooperate across regional lines if the industry is to thrive, Cessna Aircraft chairman, president and CEO Jack Pelton said last month at the 10th annual Regional Aviation Association of Australia Convention. “Every region of the world has its own issues to deal with and each issue is complex,” he said, “re more
Mac Dan FBO Closed at Essex County Airport
Mac Dan Aviation, one of two FBOs at Essex County Airport in northern New Jersey, closed its doors in September. The company stopped providing fuel services and sold all of its equipment, a source told AIN. Mac Dan operated the FBO, as well as an aircraft sales division, charter operation and flight school. The airport’s remaining FBO, one of three facilities operated by Avantair, has added more more