The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation which regulates civil aviation in the United States and surrounding international waters. Its powers include air traffic control,certification of personnel and aircraft,setting standards for airports,and protection of U.S. assets during the launch or re-entry of commercial space vehicles. Powers over neighboring international waters were delegated to the FAA by authority of the International Civil Aviation Organization.
Jane F. Garvey is a former government transportation and public works official,now an American business executive,currently serving as the chairman of Meridiam North America. She was the first female Administrator of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration from 1997 to 2002. In May 2018,she was tapped to become the first female Chairman of United Continental Holdings.
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) is a labor union in the United States. It is affiliated with the AFL–CIO,and is the exclusive bargaining representative for air traffic controllers employed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). It also represents a range of workers related to the air traffic control (ATC) industry,and the FAA itself.
Comair Flight 5191 was a scheduled United States domestic passenger flight from Lexington,Kentucky,to Atlanta,Georgia. On the morning of August 27,2006,at around 06:07 EDT,the Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet 100ER crashed while attempting to take off from Blue Grass Airport in Fayette County,Kentucky,4 miles west of the central business district of the city of Lexington.
Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 was a scheduled passenger flight from McCarran International Airport,Las Vegas,Nevada,to Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport,Burbank,California,that overran the runway during landing on March 5,2000. The aircraft,a Boeing 737-3T5,registration N668SW,came to rest on a city street adjacent to a gas station. The National Transportation Safety Board found that the incident was due to the pilots attempting to land with excessive speed. They also found that the air traffic controller placed them in a position from which their only option was a go around. Two of the passengers were seriously injured,and there were many minor injuries. As a result of the incident,the airport installed an Engineered Materials Arrestor System at the east end of the incident runway. The aircraft was written off,making the incident the 10th hull loss of a Boeing 737-300. This was the first major accident in the airline's 29-year history.
A runway incursion is an aviation incident involving improper positioning of vehicles or people on any airport runway or its protected area. When an incursion involves an active runway being used by arriving or departing aircraft,the potential for a collision hazard or instrument landing system (ILS) interference can exist. At present,various runway safety technologies and processes are commonly employed to reduce the risk and potential consequences of such an event.
John Hixon Shaffer was an administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from March 24,1969 until March 14,1973.
The 2007 San Francisco International Airport runway incursion occurred around 1:36 p.m. PDT on May 26,2007,when SkyWest Airlines Flight 5741,an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia turboprop aircraft,nearly collided with Republic Airways Flight 4912,an Embraer 170 Regional Jet,at the intersection of Runways 1L and 28R at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
Between 2006 and 2007,Brazil's civil aviation sector suffered a crisis characterized by significant flight delays and cancellations,air traffic controller strikes and safety concerns about the country's airport and air traffic infrastructure. It ostensibly started after the crash of Gol Flight 1907 in September 2006,and extended to January 2008. While the government has announced a series of measures aimed at mitigating its effects,no clear solution has been found. In Brazil the crisis has been dubbed "Apagão Aéreo",an allusion to an energy crisis which Brazil experienced between 2001 and 2002.
The Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) is an ongoing United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) project to modernize the National Airspace System (NAS). The FAA began work on NextGen improvements in 2007 and plans to finish the final implementation segment by 2030. The goals of the modernization include using new technologies and procedures to increase the safety,efficiency,capacity,access,flexibility,predictability,and resilience of the NAS while reducing the environmental impact of aviation.
Andrew Bart Steinberg was a leading aviation regulatory lawyer,who held several key posts in the public and private sectors in the United States. He served until 2008 as the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs within the United States Department of Transportation,after being confirmed to the position by the U.S. Senate on September 29,2006,following appointment by President George W. Bush. Prior to that post,he had been appointed by the president in May 2003,as the chief counsel of the Federal Aviation Administration,where he served as the top legal advisor to FAA Administrator Marion C. Blakey. Steinberg was a partner in the Washington D.C. office of the international law firm of Jones Day,where he led the firm's aviation regulatory practice,a post once held by aviation pioneer L. Welch Pogue.
Robert Allan Sturgell is a former Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),having served from September 14,2007,to January 15,2009. Appointed to the position on September 14,2007,by President George W. Bush,he was never confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Prior to his appointment,he had served as Deputy Administrator of the FAA since 2003.
The Air Traffic Organization (ATO) is an air navigation service provider in the United States of America. The ATO is the operational division of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
On August 8,2009,at 11:53 a.m. (15:53 UTC),nine people died when a tour helicopter and a small private airplane collided over the Hudson River near Frank Sinatra Park in Hoboken,New Jersey,United States. The aircraft were in an area known as the "Hudson River VFR Corridor",which extends from the surface of the river to altitudes of 800 to 1,500 ft at various locations along the Hudson River in the immediate area of New York City. Within this corridor,aircraft operate under visual flight rules (VFR),under which the responsibility to see and avoid other air traffic rests with the individual pilots rather than with the air traffic controller (ATC).
The Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) is affiliated with the AFL–CIO through its affiliation with the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association. It represents more than 11,000 Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Airway Transportation Systems Specialists and Department of Defense employees.
Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center is a regional office of the United States Federal Aviation Administration on the grounds of Will Rogers Airport in Oklahoma City. With around 7,500 direct federal employees,the Aeronautical Center is one of the Department of Transportation's largest facilities outside the Washington,DC area,and one of the 10 largest employers in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. It is named for Senator Mike Monroney of Oklahoma,who wrote and sponsored the Federal Aviation Act of 1958.
Northwest Airlines Flight 188 was a regularly scheduled flight from San Diego,California,to Minneapolis/St. Paul,Minnesota,on October 21,2009,which landed over one hour late in Minneapolis/St Paul after overshooting its destination by more than 150 miles (240 km) because of pilot error. As a result of the incident,the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) revoked the pilot certificates of the involved pilots and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued recommendations for changes to air traffic control procedures and the rules for cockpit crew. The incident also caused American lawmakers to move to prevent pilots on U.S. airliners from using personal electronic devices while taxiing or flying. In 2013,changes to flight deck automation were suggested,and prototype designs that could mitigate errors leading to similar incidents were described.
The Aviation Innovation,Reform,and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act was a bill introduced on February 3,2016,in the 114th Congress (2015-2016) by Congressman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ). Among other things,the bill would have privatized the American air traffic control (ATC) system. The bill would also have reauthorized the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) through 2019.
On July 7,2017,an Airbus A320-211 operating as Air Canada Flight 759 was nearly involved in an accident at San Francisco International Airport in San Mateo County,California,United States. The flight,which originated at Toronto Pearson International Airport,had been cleared by air traffic control to land on runway 28R and was on final approach to land on that runway;however,instead of lining up with the runway,the aircraft had lined up with the parallel taxiway,on which four fully loaded and fueled passenger airplanes were stopped awaiting takeoff clearance. The flight crew initiated a go-around prior to landing,after which it landed on 28R without further incident. The aircraft on the taxiway departed for their intended destinations without further incident. The subsequent investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the Air Canada airplane descended to 59 feet (18 m) above the ground before it began its climb,and that it missed colliding with one of the aircraft on the taxiway by 14 feet (4.3 m).
Airport surveillance and broadcast systems are a set of runway-safety tools that display aircraft on and near an airport.
