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Tancredo Wants FAA, NTSB Leaders Fired
October 9, 2006, 7:29 AM
October 2006

Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) has asked President Bush to replace FAA Administrator Marion Blakey and NTSB chairman Mark Rosenker because they have not grounded the Mitsubishi MU-2.

Now NetJets’ Mechanics Start Picketing
October 9, 2006, 7:27 AM
October 2006

First it was NetJets’ pilots who picketed and finally got a new labor contract; now it’s the fractional’s mechanics and other support personnel who last month began “informational picketing” at the company’s headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. Their contract became renewable in January last year.

Airline pilots lobby Congress to change Age 60 retirement rule
October 9, 2006, 7:23 AM
July 2005

A group of current and former airline pilots rallied on Capitol Hill in late May to protest the 45-year-old FAA regulation that forces Part 121 pilots to leave the cockpit once they reach age 60.

Bombardier Enlarging Dallas Facility
October 9, 2006, 7:22 AM
July 2005

Bombardier plans to break ground this month for a 100,000-sq-foot addition to its service center at Love Field in Dallas to accommodate the OEM’s Challenger and Global business jet lines. The new facilities are scheduled to open next fall.

N.Y. Moves To Make Drunk Piloting a Crime
October 9, 2006, 7:21 AM
July 2005

New York’s state Senate passed a bill making it a crime to fly an aircraft with a blood alcohol content of .04 or above, similar to laws covering drunk driving. State law prohibits drunk piloting, but there are no penalties. The bill now goes to the state assembly for consideration.

Merlin Had Engine Problems Before Crash
October 9, 2006, 7:20 AM
July 2005

The crash landing of the Merlin twin turboprop at Teterboro Airport, N.J., on May 31 followed a flight in which the pilot had aborted his first takeoff at Nantucket Memorial Airport, Mass.

Hourly Mx Program Spools Up for Citations
October 9, 2006, 7:18 AM
July 2005

Pratt & Whitney Canada and Cessna announced at the Paris Air Show PowerAdvantage Plus (PA+), an expanded pay-by-the-hour maintenance program for P&WC-powered Citations.

…Reveals Two New Business Jets
October 9, 2006, 7:18 AM
October 2006

Embraer’s numbering system for its existing models suggests current gaps in the line, and company chairman Mauricio Botelho, speaking in Manhattan last month after parking a Phenom 300 cabin mockup outside the New York Stock Exchange and ringing the opening bell, said the company will soon annou

Feeling Lightheaded? Here’s One Cure
October 9, 2006, 7:17 AM
July 2005

FlightSafety International is introducing a hypoxia awareness course at its learning centers.

Embraer’s Crystal Ball on Bizav Market…
October 9, 2006, 7:16 AM
October 2006

Embraer, a recent but aggressive entrant in business aviation, predicts that manufacturers will sell 9,680 new business jets during the next 10 years, representing an annual growth rate of 4.4 percent over current sales.

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