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FAA

FAA Bans Chantix Use for Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers

May 21, 2008

It seems that the FAA is acting quickly on this one.  In a report that was delivered to the FDA today, a medical safety group warned that Chantix, the anti-smoking drug contributed to automobile accidents and posed other risks.  The FAA immediately acted to ban its use from those who pilot our commercial aircraft and [...]

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A Comment on Robert Sturgell, Acting FAA Administrator

April 11, 2008

BernieHund and SinDe thank you, Mr. Tormey, for such an elabotately detailed comment.  We don’t want it to be overlooked, so we have posted it without edit hoping no subscribers will miss it.
Thank you,
SinDe
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FAA Whistleblowers Put the Fear of God (or Fines) in Airlines

April 9, 2008

Well, let’s hear it for the whistleblowers.  Their testimony last week before Congress must have put the fear of God in the airlines.  American Airlines canceled over 1,000 flights today, with more to come tomorrow.  All this is an effort to catch up on inspections that have gone undone and without notice until a few [...]

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The FAA Shuffle

April 7, 2008

The FAA has now shuffled two of the persons of interest and the topic of the whistle blowing testimony before Congress last week.  Where is Donald Trump when you need him?  Obviously, no one at the FAA can say “You’re fired!”

Thomas Stuckey is still working at the FAA but is no longer the agency’s director [...]

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