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  FAA "green" mandate starting to show results across the country
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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “faa”

• American Airlines investigated by FAA after 3 rough landings

  
  eTurboNews - Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 509
  Two weeks ago, American Airlines 737 skidded off a runway in Jamaica. The fuselage cracked, and dozens of passengers were injured. But that wasnt the only landing mishap American had last month. read more
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• Time To Short Airlines?

  
  20s Money — Authority: 511
  Airline stocks have hit new highs recently.  The optimism surrounding the economy has spread to the airline sector, hoping for an increase in business travel as well as tourism.  While the trend is powerful and it can be dangerous to short, it might be worth checking out. For example, the Claymore/NYSE Arca ...
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• Test of airport security fails in Slovakia using real explosives planted on passenger

  
  ZDNet Government — Authority: 126
  Aviation executives are livid as a training exercise in Slovakia literately explodes with embarrassment within government security agencies. The BBC has reported that RTL Television in Slovakia reported a test of their security measures using passenger luggage without their knowledge
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• Whats an aircraft equipment capability suffix?

  
  FlightBlogger - Aviation News, Commentary and Analysis — Authority: 435
  Youre probably thinking: "What the heck is Jon talking about?" When an aircraft files a flight plan, the crew specifies what type of aircraft theyre flying (C172, B788, A380, B734, A321, etc.). To provide the most information to ATC in the flight plan, crews will also include a suffix and a letter designation after ...
  8 hours ago

• Mixed News on Factories, Home Sales Send ETFs Lower

  
  ETF Trends — Authority: 527
  Stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) were a sent slightly lower this morning after mixed reports on the U.S. economy. Factory orders for December were up, however pending home sales in November plunged. U.S. factory orders rose a more than forecast 1.1% in November, led by gains in demand for...
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• Are Airlines Toast?

  
  Jutia Group — Authority: 577
  Like a lot of people, I used to enjoy flying. Packing up, going to the airport, standing in line, and jetting off to exotic places like Chicago was a welcome break in my otherwise non-adventurous life. No more. Now I view airline travel as an occasional necessary evil.New security measures resulting from the ...
  9 hours ago

• FAA Investigating American After 3 Rough Landings

  
  Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory — Authority: 165
  During the same month that Flight 331 skidded off a runway in Jamaica, two other American planes experienced problems as they landed. In these instances, a tip of the wing touched the runway. Nobody was injured on either flight, but the agency wants to increase oversight of the airline to figure out if theres a ...
  21 hours ago

• FAAs Michael Brennan

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Colonel David Hunt was on Howie Carrs show today (WRKO Boston). He said Michael Brennan the chief FAA aviation scientist in charge of a group called CTCC which created and managed the no-fly lists that failed to identify Abdulmutallab after all the appropriate inter-agency warning were made available to him is now put ...
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• Obama to Tackle Airport Security Following Several Breaches – FOXNews

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 174
  The Guardian Obama to Tackle Airport Security Following Several Breaches FOXNews President Obama returns to Washington Monday with an eye toward cracking down on airport security following at least three recent incidents that exposed gaps in the screening system. President Obama speaks to ...
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• Flights Behind Schedule After NJ Security Breach – ABC News

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 174
  Boston Globe Flights Behind Schedule After NJ Security Breach ABC News AP Passengers fill the terminal after a security breach shut down Terminal C at Newark Liberty... Security lines at Newark Liberty International Airport were moving normally Monday, but flights were still running behind ...
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• Flights Grounded at Newark Airport – ABC News

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 174
  The Age Flights Grounded at Newark Airport ABC News AP NEWARK, NJ — Authorities were searching for a man who walked through a screening checkpoint exit into the secure side of a terminal Sunday night at Newark airport, and flights were grounded and passengers being re-screened, ... Newark ...
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• Thousands rescreened at Newark airport – CNN International

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 174
  CBC.ca Thousands rescreened at Newark airport CNN International Newark, New Jersey (CNN) -- A security breach at Newark Liberty International Airport Sunday evening forced the closure of a terminal for hours while authorities rescreened thousands of passengers. The incident happened at about 5:20 ...
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• Checkpoint intruder shuts down Newark Airport terminal – The Star-Ledger – NJ.com

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 174
  BBC News Checkpoint intruder shuts down Newark Airport terminal The Star-Ledger - NJ.com A man who walked into a secure area triggered a terminal-wide lockdown at Newark Liberty International Airport last night, grounding outgoing planes and forcing hundreds of passengers to await rescreening, ...
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• Newark terminal locked down; search continues for man – CNN

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 174
  CNN Newark terminal locked down; search continues for man CNN (CNN) -- Hours after a security breach forced the closure of a terminal at the Newark, New Jersey, airport Sunday, authorities were still searching for a man who went the wrong way through a checkpoint exit. The incident happened at ...
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• Newark Liberty Airport Reportedly in Lockdown Over Security Breach – FOXNews

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 174
  WA today Newark Liberty Airport Reportedly in Lockdown Over Security Breach FOXNews Newark Liberty International Airport is on lockdown after reports of a man breaching security at the Continental Airlines terminal, according the FAA Web site and cable news reports. A male was observed going in ...
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• FAA Commercial Space Transporation Conference Set for February

  
  Parabolic Arc — Authority: 452
  OFFICIAL CONFERENCE INFORMATION (COURTESY AIAA) The 13th Annual FAA Commercial Space Transportation Conference will be held on Wednesday–Thursday, 10–11 February 2010, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia. Conference panel sessions, designed to amplify the conference theme of “Igniting the ...
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• American Airlines is being watched by the FAA

  
  Gadling — Authority: 690
  Filed under: Business , North America , United States , Airlines Three strikes have led to increased federal attention for American Airlines . The last month hasnt been kind to the airline. In two instances, planes bumped wingtips with during landings in Charlotte, North Carolina and Austin, Texas and ...
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• How Low Can You Go ?

  
  Get the Flick — Authority: 434
  Pretty dang low it looks like. You need to point all your airline-passenger friends to this story from Business Week . It exposes the underbelly of the airline business that we all know and hate. Do you ever stop and ask yourself how we ever got here ? Anyone that has ever been in this business knows there ...
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• FAA Investigating American Airlines Landing Problems

  
  ShoppingBlog.com — Authority: 465
  The FAA is opening an investigation into American Airlines due to its increased number of problematic landings in December. The FAA is looking into pilot training procedures; so far no mechanical defects have been found that would explain three botched landings, some of which hospitalized passengers. On Dec. 13, an ...
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• Northwest to disappear this year

  
  Gadling — Authority: 690
  Filed under: Business , Airlines Remember Eastern? Pan Am? Well, the next one to join the list of airline has-beens will be Northwest. Northwest Airlines may have made it to the beginning of 2010, but wont see another New Years Eve. The carrier, which was acquired by Delta in October 2008, has received ...
  4 days ago

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