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Air traffic controllers inside the Atlanta ARTCC recently worked under umbrellas due to a leaky roof ... FAA to re-examine the age 60 rule as ICAO ready to change its rule in November and allow one pilot on flight deck to be older than 60 ... Cessna dedicates new parts...
Cryotech NACC[R].(Product Profile: Deicing and Anti-icing Equipment)
Cryotech Deicing Technology manufactures acetate-based deicing alternatives to chloride-based deicers and urea. Cryotech NAAC[R] solid anhydrous sodium acetate meets current FAA specifications for airside use. NAAC[R] is ideal for use on runways, ramps, baggage cart areas, passenger traffic areas, etc. It is generally selected due to...
Cryotech NACC[R].(Product Profile: Deicing and Anti-icing Equipment)
Cryotech Deicing Technology manufactures acetate-based deicing alternatives to chloride-based deicers and urea. Cryotech NAAC[R] solid anhydrous sodium acetate meets current FAA specifications for airside use. NAAC[R] is ideal for use on runways, ramps, baggage cart areas, passenger traffic areas, etc. It is generally selected due to...
US Air spends $20M on baggage mess
US Airways has spent $20 million over the last six months to improve baggage handling and to upgrade baggage facilities at Philadelphia International Airport, the airline's chief executive said yesterday. "And there will be more," said W. Douglas Parker, who also is US Airways chairman. He described the capital...
Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Get $26 Million to Improve Baggage Screening.
By Maria Recio, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 31--WASHINGTON--Dallas/Fort Worth Airport is expected to receive $26 million from the Federal Aviation Administration to improve baggage screening. The funding is the second major federal grant that will...
Jacksonville, Fla., Airports Land $14.1 Million in Grants from Aviation Agency.
By Christopher Calnan, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 22--Jacksonville is getting $14.1 million from the Federal Aviation Administration for improvements at its four airports. Jacksonville International Airport officials said JIA's innovative in-line baggage screening system...
Heimann systems receives FAA order. (international/industry).
HEIMANN SYSTEMS has received a US$7m order from the FAA to deliver conventional x-ray systems equipped with Threat Image Protection TIP for the screening of carry-on baggage at US airports. TIP is a software feature installed in each x-ray system . HEIMANN SYSTEMS has received a...
First baggage screening supervisors arrive for FAA training
The first of 1,200 federal baggage screening supervisors arrived for training Monday in Oklahoma City.
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Various groups and experts, responding to the Government's recent security initiatives, believe they do not go far enough. Their reactions are in response to the Oct. 1 report of Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta's Rapid Response Team on Airport Security, and to the Travel Tips on security issued Oct....
Do Detection Technologies Fly?(airport security)(Industry Overview)
The FAA has rolled out new technologies for tests at U.S. airports. MEDIA ATTENTION TO SECURITY problems is fleeting, creating the impression that security initiatives are pursued only in the wake of large catastrophes. The glare of the spotlight and the blare of the ...
Cheap Airport Security Remains Weakest Link, Experts Say.
By Jim Sloan, Tampa Tribune, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 27--TAMPA, Fla.--Bored, underpaid security workers facing an unending flood of carry-on luggage. Baggage loaded aboard aircraft after only random X-ray screening. Passenger "profiles" that are supposed to spot potential...
Airports Impose Tighter Security.
By Kyung M. Song, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 13--The Federal Aviation Administration yesterday banned knives of any size on civilian flights and limited what skycaps can do. That's just the start of what aviation experts predict will be the...
Seattle-Area Airport Tightens Security.
By David Wickert, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 13--Conveniences such as curbside check-in and saying goodbyes to loved ones at airline gates will be scrapped indefinitely at Sea-Tac Airport and other airports as a precaution against further...
DOT issues monthly Air Travel Consumer Report.
M2 PRESSWIRE-2 August 2001-US DOT: DOT issues monthly Air Travel Consumer Report C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01082001 The U.S. Department of Transportation DOT today issued its monthly Air Travel Consumer Report, with the departments official data from its ...
Security Up in the Air.(airport security management)
AIRPORTS IN THE UNITED STATES remain vulnerable to attack despite billions of dollars spent on countermeasures since the late 1980s, when the Pan Am disaster galvanized public awareness of airport security issues. News reports--such as the January arrests of a ring of American Airlines airport workers...
Veeco Metrology Group
Veeco Metrology Group received $3.5 million in orders for in-situ optical metrology tools, which will be integrated in a giant magnetoresistive thin film manufacturing head production process...InVision Technologies received a $6.3 million contract from the Federal Aviation Administration, which ordered seven of InVision's CTX 5500 DS explosive detection systems for...
US FAA: FAA issues proposed rule change on checked baggage security.
M2 PRESSWIRE-19 April 1999-US FAA: FAA issues proposed rule change on checked baggage security C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:150499 The Federal Aviation Administration today proposed to strengthen security of checked baggage in the domestic aviation system. The proposed rule, which appears...
Size Does Matter Flight Attendants Propose that Luggage Measure Up to an Industry Standard
Stressing numerous safety concerns, The Association of Flight Attendants AFA unveiled a proposed rule Dec. 16, that it hopes the Federal Aviation Administration will enact to set a standard limit on carry-on baggage. In 1988, the FAA issued a rule requiring every airline to adopt a carry-on baggage policy and...
FAA: FAA has tips on film, wrapped packages.
3 M2 PRESSWIRE-16 December 1998-FAA: FAA has tips on film, wrapped packages C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD3 RDATE:151298 Many U.S. airports have increased security during the past year by adding a new device that combines X-rays and modern scan...
News Briefs
Security breaches.From an industry expert on hazardous materials who prefers to remain anonymous, we offer the following insights into efforts to control and restrict the flow of undeclared hazardous material hazmat into the belly holds of jetliners:"The general public is probably the biggest violator of hazmat regulations. Having worked on...
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Air Traffic Control: 488111
