Akron balloonist earns highest honor from FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration has presented Akron balloonist Michael C. Emich with the Wright Brothers Master Pilot ...
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Washington Reagan National Airport limits flights as FAA investigates fatal crash
The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday it would slow the arrivals rate at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) outside of Washington as weather and recovery efforts were affecting ...
Government Executive18d
FAA employees with disabilities targeted by Trump's anti-DEI push
The directive “Keeping Americans Safe in Aviation” said, based on the FAA website, that former President Joe Biden’s administration sought to recruit and hire “individuals with serious ...
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FAA embroiled in lawsuit alleging it turned away 1,000 applicants based on race — that contributed to staffing woes
The Federal Aviation Administration is fighting a class-action lawsuit alleging it denied 1,000 would-be air traffic controllers jobs because of diversity hiring targets — as it was revealed tha ...
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FAA investigating after United, Delta flights nearly collide before landing at Phoenix airport
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating after a United Airlines flight and a Delta Air Lines flight, each carrying hundreds of people, had a near-collision while preparing to ...
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FAA restricts helicopter routes in DC region
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday announced it would restrict helicopter routes in the Washington region following a deadly collision this week between an Army Black Hawk and a ...
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President Orders FAA to End DEI-Based Hiring, Reinstate Merit-Based Standards for Aviation Safety
The Wilbur Wright Federal Building, also know as Federal Office Building 10B, is located at 600 Independence Avenue SW, in Washington, D.C. It is one of two buildings used as the headquarters of the ...
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FAA restricting helicopter flights near Reagan National after crash
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is indefinitely restricting helicopter flights near Washington Reagan National Airport after a deadly collision between an ...
New York Post9d
Federal employees, including FAA, received email encouraging them to resign a day after DC plane crash: report
Federal employees — including ones within the FAA — received a letter from the government urging them to find other jobs a day before and the day after the disastrous Washington, DC ...
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FAA creates ‘No Drone Zone’ around Super Bowl LIX
Over the weekend, the Federal Aviation Administration officially designated the airspace above the Caesars Superdome as a “No Drone Zone” during and ahead of the big game. Drone operators who ...
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FAA Is Indefinitely Closing Helicopter Routes Near D.C. Airport After American Airlines Crash: Reports
An FAA official told Reuters that the agency is closing access to parts of the two helicopter routes near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via ...