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FAA Bans Anti-smoking Drug for Pilots and Controllers The Federal Aviation Administration FAA reversing course has prohibited pilots and air traffic controllers from using Chantix, a popular anti-smoking drug made by Pfizer, after a study found that it had apparently contributed to auto accidents and caused...
Honeywell gains rare license to fly aerial drones.(SECURITY BEAT: HOMELAND DEFENSE BRIEFS)(Honeywell International)(Brief article)
* The Federal Aviation Administration granted an experimental airworthiness certificate to Honeywell International to fly its ducted fan unmanned aerial vehicle in national airspace. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The FAA has been notoriously stingy in granting such licenses in the past. Honeywell's gasoline...
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Date: 8-Feb Incident: Police say a Somali woman charged with trying to hijack Air New Zealand flight 2279 last Friday wanted to go to Australia. The 33-year-old allegedly threatened to blow up the 19-seat plane and stabbed two pilots in the cockpit - one in the hand and the...
FAA worries on-board Net opens jets to cyberattack
WASHINGTON -- The government is enacting rules to stop a new kind of cyberthreat: a computer attack that could compromise the safety of the much-anticipated Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The Dreamliner, scheduled to go into service by the end of the year, is built with unprecedented on-board...
Security at Foreign Aircraft Repair Stations to be Tightened
Airline employees exploited weaknesses in security procedures to smuggle heroin and cocaine through New York's Kennedy International, federal authorities charged recently. At least 18 persons have been charged in the plot, including eight airline cargo and baggage handlers. Prosecutors said the group concealed the illicit...
Security Roundup
Date: 16-Oct Incident: Six years after 9/11 and more than three years after the 9/11 Commission urged immediate action, the Transportation Security Administration admitted to the General Accountability Office on Tuesday that many anti- terrorism measures deemed essential remain still-born. The TSA has still not found a reliable way to...
NASA aerial drone collects disaster data.(SECURITY BEAT: Homeland Defense Briefs)
A joint NASA-U.S. Forest Service program demonstrated the value of using an aerial drone to respond to disaster scenarios this summer when it flew a series of long-duration flights to map wildfires that plagued the western states. Unmanned aerial vehicles saw some action gathering...
FAA: Gridlock ahead for Bay Area skies
Bay Area airports likely will face gridlock within a few years unless something is done to provide more capacity and better regional coordination and curb demand for air travel, a Federal Aviation Administration official told Bay Area transportation leaders Friday. "In the next seven to eight years,...
The great gopher takeover: dirt mounds, hungry coyotes pose security challenge to Pangborn groundskeepers.(Pangborn Memorial Airport)
Gophers are digging up trouble and violating Federal Aviation Administration safety regulations at Pangborn Memorial Airport. The rodents' tunnels and the dirt mounds that come with them can bring the airport out of compliance with FAA's safety standards, said Christina Flohr, operations superintendent for...
Raytheon-Sponsored Air Traffic Industry Round Table Provides Benefits to Air Traffic.
M2 PRESSWIRE-25 June 2007-EIExplorationInvestor: Raytheon-Sponsored Air Traffic Industry Round Table Provides Benefits to Air TrafficC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25062007 Exploration Investor strives to provide you with outstanding market results. We will be your number one resource for all your small and...
New Body Scanner Protects Travelers' Dignity
Airport Security Becomes Less Intrusive Growing numbers of air passengers are complaining about the intrusive nature of airport security. The process has become like a military drill. We stand in lengthy queues in our stockinged feet, awaiting brusque inspection. The U.S. Transportation Security Administration TSA is...
Northwest Airlines Corporation Subsidiary Receives FAA Certification.
M2 PRESSWIRE-5 June 2007-InvestorInstantMessaging: Northwest Airlines Corporation Subsidiary Receives FAA CertificationC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05062007 InvestorIM has been created as a tool for the average investor. The idea is simple, a website where the world can communicate. Do you have a...
Saint Louis' seeks approval.(Americas)(Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport)(Brief article)
Saint Louis' Lambert International Airport is awaiting FAA and airline approval for a $105 million renovation of its main terminal building. The 51-year old structure has received no major upgrades for 30 years, and if the go-ahead is given every aspect will be upgraded--including roadways, security...
Security Roundup
Date : 3-Apr Incident : USCG is offering a $1000 reward for information on a laser that's been shined on USCG C130's operating out of John Rodgers Field at Kalaeloa, Oahu, Hawaii. It's an offense punishable by up to 20 years in prison and fines of over $500,000. Date...
FAA takes slow flight path to domestic UAV approval.(SECURITY BEAT: Homeland Defense Briefs)
WITH MORE THAN 50 U.S. companies involved in the unmanned aerial vehicle market, the pressure for the Federal Aviation Administration to approve their use in domestic air space is growing. Progress, although slow, is being made, said the senior FAA official in charge of...
Tri-S Security Subsidiary Awarded $6.4 Million Contract.
M2 PRESSWIRE-22 March 2007-Headline Maker: Tri-S Security Subsidiary Awarded $6.4 Million ContractC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22032007 Market Gainer is quickly emerging as the one stop shop for international small-cap investors looking to stay a step ahead of the markets. Today's...
MANAGING DURING CONSTRUCTION.(Cover story)
MANAGING DURING CONSTRUCTION By David Mantey, Associate Editor In-depth look at the O'Hare safety and security program as it remakes its airfield CHICAGO -- Airport operations management during construction, always a challenge, has come under the...
FAA: plastic pilot certificates mandatory in 2009
Your paper pilot certificate will go the way of the wagon in 2009 as the FAA mandates plastic certificates. The new, forgery-resistant certificates were introduced at EAA AirVenture in 2005 as a security enhancement. The FAA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that will mandate them two years after the...
Threat containment unit.(PRODUCTS & TECHNOLOGY)
NABCO Inc. has licensed the Federal Aviation Administration FAA-designed Threat Containment Unit TCU and will manufacture the TCU as part of its product line. The TCU was originally designed by the U.S. Navy's Naval Surface Warfare Center NSWC for the FAA's Security Integrated Product Team. It...
Public comes before pilots
The traveling public's safety is the overriding reason why we should continue requiring our nation's commercial airline pilots to retire at age 60. Since the Federal Aviation Administration established that retirement age in March 1960, not one single airline accident has been attributed to the sudden or subtle effects of...
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