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The year before the regulation took effect, more than 800 flights encountered tarmac delays that lasted over three hours. Since 2011, after a full year of the rule's implementation, the numbers have dramatically dropped and only reached over 100 on two occasions. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
Magazine

Groups say passengers should be compensated when flights are delayed

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The legislation has bipartisan support and bipartisan opposition. Opponents are concerned that commercial airlines' interests could overrule those of general aviation and that Congress would not be active in decisions concerning general aviation. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Infrastructure

Bill Shuster’s retirement won’t crash air traffic control reform

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President Trump said it "would be good to have a pilot" in that role.
Beltway Confidential

The Swamp earns its wings: Airline lobbyist takes control of the FAA

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The Cirrus SR22, similar to the plane pictured, took off from Wiley Post Airport near Oklahoma City and was supposed to fly to Georgetown, Texas. (Creative Commons photo/Jet Request)
National Security

Coast Guard searching for animal rescue plane that appears to have crashed into the Gulf of Mexico

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The White House is working to release a roughly 70-page infrastructure proposal sometime in January. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Infrastructure

Trump administration set to unveil $1 trillion infrastructure proposal in 2018

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George Mathew, CEO of Kespry, shows a drone to President Trump during the
Magazine

Drone industry prepares to ‘dazzle’ Trump administration through new pilot program

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It is clear that an air traffic control system designed in the 1940s is not equipped to handle the demands of 21st-century air travel. (iStock by Getty Images)
Op-Eds

Air traffic control privatization is just an airline power grab

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According to statistics compiled by the industry, major freight rail operators such as BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific have spent $26 billion annually in recent years. This investment, which allows the industry to serve nearly every sector of the economy, which in turn supports 1.5 million jobs nationally and generates nearly $100 billion in taxes for public projects, including infrastructure. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Beltway Confidential

Freight rail shows that private infrastructure is more than viable

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Law enforcement authorities have charged two men in relation to an incident in which an air traffic controller at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina allegedly had possession of weapons of mass destruction. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, Todd Sumlin, File)
Crime

Charlotte air traffic controller charged with possession of a weapon of mass destruction

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Currently, many small airports have towers that are served by contract towers, which are operated by private companies and approved by the FAA. (Sipa via AP Images)
Magazine

Rural air traffic control fight brews among Republicans

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