A revised FAA Notice 8900.196 has been published to provide inspectors with information on de-icing fluid holdover times, as well as a list of the fluids themselves and recommendations on various other ground deicing/anti-icing issues. While the primary audience is flight standards district office (FSDO) principal operations inspectors responsible for air carrier de-icing programs, it is also of value to FSDO personnel and aircraft operators.
Flight Standards District Office
December 3, 2012 - 5:15am
Charter operators are facing a costly training issue that could see pilots and fleets grounded unless a solution is found. According to operators, FAA inspectors are requiring strict compliance with an interpretation of the regulations that cover qualifications of instructors and check airmen. The result will be a lack of qualified instructors and check airmen employed by flight training organizations.
April 27, 2010 - 3:52pm
In a five-page response to the FAA’s April 23 emergency order to suspend Darby Aviation’s Part 135 charter certificate, the company’s lawyers–Anderson and Weidner of Birmingham, Ala.–maintain that the action is “frivolous and designed to harass.” According to the letter, “Particular individuals at the Birmingham FSDO have conspired to put Darby Aviation out of business.
November 2, 2009 - 4:48am
A recent survey conducted by the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) about inconsistent FAA regulatory interpretations has yielded “troubling, yet expected,” results. NATA conducted the survey in response to numerous members’ reports of having experienced varying interpretations of FARs by the FAA’s regional aircraft certification (ACO) and flight standards district offices (FSDO).
October 8, 2009 - 2:26pm
A recent survey conducted by the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) about inconsistent FAA regulatory interpretations has yielded “troubling, yet expected,” results. “This survey clearly demonstrates the high unnecessary costs, delays and obstacles aviation businesses suffer due to the FAA’s inconsistent interpretation of the federal aviation regulations,” said NATA president James Coyne.
August 26, 2009 - 10:48am
The Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (Pass) AFL-CIO union alleges that the FAA’s San Antonio Flight Standards District Office ordered an FAA aviation safety inspector to stay home with full pay rather than perform his duties while management attended a meeting in Wash
August 25, 2009 - 10:12am
With the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewing the lack of standardization in how FAA field inspectors interpret and apply requirements on regulated entities, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has begun surveying its membership on their experiences with the various agency offices.
July 30, 2008 - 7:34am
The following is a list of steps operators will need to complete to gain RVSM approval.
January 11, 2008 - 11:09am
The inspector general of the DOT has recommended that the FAA take disciplinary action against two Kansas City FSDO officials whose “unwarranted” actions against the pilot of a Cessna CitationJet may have contributed to his fatal crash more than three years ago.
November 14, 2007 - 9:53am
“November 12345, ATC would like you to call this number...” Pulse picking up yet? Patrick Bailey, a Santa Monica, Calif. attorney, recently prepared a presentation on “What to do if the FAA calls or writes,” and for pilots it makes sobering reading.
