http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:24:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/08/23/faa-announces-category-1-safety-rating-for-nigeria/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/08/23/faa-announces-category-1-safety-rating-for-nigeria/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:27:33 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=3000 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/08/23/faa-announces-category-1-safety-rating-for-nigeria/feed/ 0 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration today announced that Nigeria has achieved a Category 1 rating under the FAA’s International Aviation Safety Assessment program, which means that Nigeria complies with international safety standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization. ICAO is the United Nations’ technical agency for aviation which [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/08/16/hillsboro-aviation-faces-580000-civil-penalty/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/08/16/hillsboro-aviation-faces-580000-civil-penalty/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:53:35 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=2979 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/08/16/hillsboro-aviation-faces-580000-civil-penalty/feed/ 0 SEATTLE – The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing a $580,000 civil penalty against Hillsboro Aviation, Inc., of Hillsboro, Ore., for allegedly performing improper repairs, deliberately falsifying maintenance records and operating a helicopter in a reckless manner. The FAA alleges that Hillsboro mechanics used incorrect parts and an unqualified individual to make repairs to a Bell 206 [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/07/16/faa-proposes-civil-penalties-against-five-companies/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/07/16/faa-proposes-civil-penalties-against-five-companies/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:21:18 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=2724 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/07/16/faa-proposes-civil-penalties-against-five-companies/feed/ 0 WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing to assess civil penalties ranging from $50,000 to $70,000 against five companies for alleged violation of the Federal Aviation Regulations or Department of Transportation Hazardous Materials Regulations. $50,000 against Spirit Airlines, Inc., Miramar, Fla., for returning an aircraft to service, and then operating that aircraft on revenue [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/04/02/faa-proposes-new-policy-on-antidepressants-for-pilots/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/04/02/faa-proposes-new-policy-on-antidepressants-for-pilots/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:27:45 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=2121 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/04/02/faa-proposes-new-policy-on-antidepressants-for-pilots/feed/ 0 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Aviation Administration today announced that it will consider the special issuance of a medical certificate to pilots who are taking medication for mild to moderate depression, conditions that now bar them from all flying duties. On a case-by-case basis beginning April 5, pilots who take one of four antidepressant medications – [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/03/23/faa-proposes-1-45-million-civil-penalty-against-northwest-airlines/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/03/23/faa-proposes-1-45-million-civil-penalty-against-northwest-airlines/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:08:31 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=2031 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/03/23/faa-proposes-1-45-million-civil-penalty-against-northwest-airlines/feed/ 0 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a $1.45 million civil penalty against Northwest Airlines for operating a number of its Boeing 757 aircraft without proper windshield wiring inspections. A 1990 FAA airworthiness directive on Boeing 757s required inspections for the presence of undersized wires in the heating system for both the captain’s [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/03/18/faa-proposes-300000-civil-penalty-against-american-airlines/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/03/18/faa-proposes-300000-civil-penalty-against-american-airlines/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:42:33 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=2012 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/03/18/faa-proposes-300000-civil-penalty-against-american-airlines/feed/ 0 WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration today announced that it is proposing a $300,000 civil penalty on American Airlines for a maintenance violation. The FAA alleges that on Feb. 2, 2009, American Airlines mechanics deferred maintenance on a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 under the airline’s DC-9 Minimum Equipment List (MEL) by noting that the “pitot/stall heater [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/03/14/faa-ordered-to-pay-air-carrier-more-than-121000/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/03/14/faa-ordered-to-pay-air-carrier-more-than-121000/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:47:25 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=1987 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/03/14/faa-ordered-to-pay-air-carrier-more-than-121000/feed/ 0 WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a record breaking decision issued March 4, 2010, the National Transportation Safety Board denied the Federal Aviation Administration’s appeal challenging a decision by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) to pay Air Trek, Inc., a Florida-based air ambulance operator, attorney fees and expenses in the amount of $120,169.35 pursuant to the Equal [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/03/12/american-airlines-facing-fines-for-maintenance-violations/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/03/12/american-airlines-facing-fines-for-maintenance-violations/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:10:28 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=1985 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/03/12/american-airlines-facing-fines-for-maintenance-violations/feed/ 0 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking to collect three proposed civil penalties totaling $787,500 from American Airlines for maintenance violations. In the first case, which occurred in April 2008, the FAA alleges American Airlines mechanics diagnosed problems with one of two Central Air Data Computers (CADCs) on a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 jetliner. [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/03/09/forecast-links-aviation-activity-and-national-economic-growth/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/03/09/forecast-links-aviation-activity-and-national-economic-growth/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:01:16 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=1955 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/03/09/forecast-links-aviation-activity-and-national-economic-growth/feed/ 1 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Aviation Administration is forecasting that key airspace safety and efficiency modernization efforts will play a vital role in spurring long-term sustained growth in air travel and the nation’s overall economic health. This forecast, which comes after a short-term period of slow growth in aviation activity, underscores the need for the [...] http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/03/03/faa-suspends-two-employees-after-child-talks-to-pilots-on-atc-frequency/ http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/03/03/faa-suspends-two-employees-after-child-talks-to-pilots-on-atc-frequency/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:32:01 +0000 admin http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/?p=1913 http://www.flightsource.ca/blog/flightdeck/2010/03/03/faa-suspends-two-employees-after-child-talks-to-pilots-on-atc-frequency/feed/ 0 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Aviation Administration announced today that two employees at John F. Kennedy Airport Tower are on administrative leave following an incident last month when a child was permitted to talk with pilots on an air traffic control frequency. “This lapse in judgment not only violated FAA’s own policies, but common sense [...]