Tag: Federal Aviation Administration

Puerto Rico is undergoing a steady transformation that involves government right-sizing, reductions in public spending, a trimming of the number of political appointees, and a reformation of permitting processes. The government, led by new Governor Ricardo Rosselló, is also working on tax and energy reforms. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File)

Partnerships are paving a new path for Puerto Rico

Carlos Mercader · August 17, 2017 4:01 am

The Pentagon is establishing no-fly zones for drones over U.S. military bases, and threatening to back it up with lethal force. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

National Security

Private drones flown near US military bases subject to being shot down

Jamie McIntyre · August 7, 2017 5:29 pm

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster, R-Pa., is the lead author of the 21st Century AIRR Act. The legislation would take air traffic control out of the Federal Aviation Administration and instead create an independent nonprofit to run it.

Air traffic control privatization effort hits turbulence but moving forward

Sean Higgins · August 1, 2017 9:35 pm

"I think that would be the absolutely worst thing we should do," House Speaker Paul Ryan said.

Don’t look now, but major bills are stalled in the House, too

Susan Ferrechio · July 19, 2017 4:01 am

Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger says the legislation would give too much power to the larger airlines.

Famed pilot ‘Sully’ Sullenberger opposes air traffic control bill

Sean Higgins · July 14, 2017 3:00 pm

Numerous government audits suggest efforts by Congress and the FAA to bring 1960s-era ground-based radar air traffic control system into the satellite age may be doomed to failure. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Air traffic control reform is a no-brainer

Marc Scribner · July 12, 2017 4:01 am

The evacuation is causing delays at Baltimore-Washington, Dulles International, and Reagan National airports. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Hazmat incident causes delays at Washington, DC, area airports

Sean Langille · July 10, 2017 11:46 pm

Republican senators serving rural states oppose privatizing the air traffic control system because they worry that smaller airports and general aviation, such as private pilots and business jets, will lose under a nonprofit governed by a board composed of industry players.

Republican air traffic control disagreement could be trouble for Trump infrastructure plan

Josh Siegel · July 10, 2017 4:01 am

Advocates of privatization say the nation's air traffic control system is antiquated and has failed to competently spend millions of dollars provided for modernizing the system. (iStock by Getty Images)

Senate bill ditches Trump plan to privatize air traffic control

Susan Ferrechio · June 22, 2017 9:28 pm

As President Trump has previously proposed privatizing air traffic control, it would appear that he supports the House version of the bill. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Air traffic control privatization bill introduced

Sean Higgins · June 22, 2017 9:23 pm

An FAA air traffic controller works in the Dulles International Airport Air Traffic Control Tower in Sterling, Va. President Trump is calling for privatizing the nation's air traffic control operations in his budget proposal, a top priority of the airline industry. The proposal says spinning off air traffic operations from the Federal Aviation Administration and placing them under an "independent, non-governmental organization" would make the system "more efficient and innovative while maintaining safety." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Trump’s air traffic control plan faces fight in Congress

Kyle Feldscher · June 12, 2017 4:01 am

The union previously supported similar legislation (AP Photo/David Goldman, Pool)

Air traffic controllers union may back Trump on privatization

Sean Higgins · June 5, 2017 5:28 pm