All posts tagged "Faa"

The Federal Aviation Administration is days away from launching an artificial intelligence tool to help manage air traffic over Washington, D.C., and the airlines still cannot get answers to some basic questions about it, including whether they can opt out.

Politico reported Friday that despite roughly three months of near-weekly meetings, carriers remain unclear on whether air traffic controllers themselves will use the AI and whether airlines need to train staff on it. Industry officials described weeks of confusion over how deeply the system would be woven into daily operations, with one telling the outlet that people had been "freaking out" about it.

The panic eased, according to Politico, after agency officials told the industry the tool would be used in a limited way at first. Carriers had worried it might drive up cancellations and rescheduling in the name of relieving bottlenecks....

A commercial airline pilot received a baffling response from the FAA after Trump's UFC lights blinded them while landing, MeidasTouch reported.

The pilot spoke anonymously about how powerful lights from the UFC octagon on the White House South Lawn filled the cockpit during a landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. It was "10 times worse than any laser illumination event," the pilot told MeidasTouch.

Landing an aircraft relies heavily on visual references, according to MeidasTouch. The pilot filed reports with the Federal Aviation Administration and NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System....

Trump's "triumphal arch" will need to have red lights on top of it after a review of its design alarmed a federal agency, according to reporting by the New York Times.

The 259-foot-tall arch will be less than a mile from the Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., leading the Federal Aviation Administration to recommend red, blinking lights to be added on top, the Times reported.

The FAA identified the arch as an "obstruction," but noted it would have "no significant adverse effect on airspace" in a feasibility study released on Friday, ahead of a formal evaluation, according to the Times....

Newark Liberty International Airport continues to cause major headaches for travelers who are now worried about their safety.

At least five air traffic controllers had to take 45-day 'trauma leave' after equipment failures created chaos in the air and on the runway.

One air traffic controller was heard on released audio telling a pilot approaching the airport, "We don't have a radar, so I don't know where you are." ...

In the wake of several plane crashes and near-misses, the man now famed for slashing the federal workforce is now trying to make it larger in the most "inane" way possible, according to a piece in The New Republic.

On Thursday, Elon Musk put out the call for retired air traffic controllers to rejoin the labor pool.

"There is a shortage of top notch air traffic controllers," Musk posted to X. "If you have retired, but are open to returning to work, please consider doing so."...

By David Shepardson, Valerie Insinna and Tim Hepher (Reuters) -Safety checks on some Boeing jets hit a snag over paperwork on Sunday, as U.S. authorities searched for a missing panel that blew off a new Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet in midair on Friday. The Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday ordered the temporary grounding of 171 Boeing jets installed with the same panel after the eight-week-old Alaska Airlines jet was forced to make an emergency landing with a gap in the fuselage. "They will remain grounded until the FAA is satisfied that they are safe," the agency said in a statement on Sund......