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Airspace & Safety Initiative Release Details of This Year’s ‘Visit ATC Day’
UK pilots will once again have the opportunity to view proceedings at Air Traffic Control units at a host of participating civil and military aerodromes.
Federal Aviation Administration And the National Air Traffic Controllers Association Reach Agreement Fatigue Recommendations
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) have announced agreement on important fatigue recommendations that were developed by a joint FAA-NATCA working group which was established under the...
Federal Aviation Administration Dedicates New Air Traffic Control Tower for Long Island MacArthur Airport
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has dedicated a new airport traffic control tower for Long Island MacArthur Airport that will replace the one that has served the airport since 1963.
FAA Announces Changes in Air Traffic Controller Scheduling Practices
Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Randy Babbitt has announced that he is prohibiting scheduling practices that have been identified as those most likely to result in air traffic controller fatigue. The changes will be effective within 72...
Federal Aviation Administration Announces Additional Staffing At 27 Control Towers
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Randy Babbitt has announced that effective immediately the FAA will place an additional air traffic controller on the midnight shift at 27 control towers around...
Lone Controller Falls Asleep At Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C
The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) is investigating an incident that occurred early Wednesday at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C. where the lone controller assigned to the tower fell asleep, leaving two arriving jets to...
Nigerian Government Pledges Commitment to Air Safety
Nigeria’s minister of Aviation, Babatunde Omotoba, told journalists on Wednesday that the Nigeria government is committed to air safety in the country. Omooba said the contract approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for the Total Radar Coverage...
Israeli Planes Force Ethiopian Flight to Land
Ethiopian Airlines has revealed that Israel traffic controllers, with the assistance of Israeli jets, on 24 November forced one of its passenger planes to land on Israeli soil.
