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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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April 19: Week in Review

April 19, 2008

This has been another one of those weeks were everyone and everything seemed to have a hand in the barrel.
The War in Iraq continued.  More American soldiers were killed.  Even more Iraqi’s were killed.  Sadr City is in chaos.  Basara is once again being attacked or defended, depending on the perspective.  And, the American Embassy [...]

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April 12: Week in Review

April 12, 2008

It’s safe to say that this week, as a nation we stayed grounded… at least if you planned to fly American Airlines.  But, before we get to the FAA and the airlines, let’s start at the beginning. 
Mark Penn, Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, stepped down from his position as top dog following the Colombian “whose side is he [...]

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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.
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The High Cost of Negligence, Incompetence, and Cancellation of Flights

April 10, 2008

Who knows how much American Airlines spending and losing to do something right?  Wouldn’t it have been easier and far less costly and less inconvenient to have done it right the first time?
The FAA started the snowball rolling down the hill by failing the American citizens.  But, in reality American Airlines and the others affected [...]

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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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April 5: The Week in Review

April 5, 2008

The week began with Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi leader, still making decisions on his own, something we have been waiting for him to do.  He proved in less than a week that he isn’t capable.  So, after he sent the Iraqi “army” into Basara to take on the al-Sadr Madhi militia and after a few hundred deaths, a [...]

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The “F” Agencies of the Week: FAA, FEMA

April 4, 2008

Well, as much as I have been all over FEMA, they will have to wait.  Who could believe that the FAA has dropped the ball as they did?  Let’s just be thankful they didn’t drop an airplane!
This week before Congress there was testimony that some of the inspectors who tried to do their jobs were [...]

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