Source: US DOT Last week, President Biden nominated Mike Whitaker to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Whitaker is experienced in working in government and across the aviation community to get big things done. He is fully committed to aviation safety including protecting pilot training, preserving qualification regulations, and keeping at least two well-trained pilots on the flight deck. The FAA needs a confirmed Administrator – and Mike Whitaker is the right person for the job. The aviation community knows how critical it is to confirm Whitaker without delay. That’s why leading voices in the community teamed up to urge Senate leaders to swiftly confirm Mike Whitaker. They wrote: “This is a critical and transformative time for the [...]

Source: ACI-LAC ACI-LAC invites all its members to the ACI-LAC and Munich International Airport webinar on How to successfully decarbonize an airport Decarbonization starts with the knowledge of your actual emissions. In the aviation industry the method in line with ACA programs guidelines is the most common way to build an airports CO2 footprint. The airports footprint allows to determine the main emitters. After determination decarbonization measures, addressing the different sources of CO2 emissions, can be developed. There is a variety of different fields of action. Those can differ from airport to airport, based on its perquisitions. Decarbonization does not only support the environmental goals of an airport but can also result in savings, due to lower operational cost. Date: Wednesday, September [...]

Source: FAA Drone pilots who are unable to comply with the broadcast requirement of the Remote ID Rule will now have until March 16, 2024, to equip their aircraft. After that date, operators could face fines and suspension or revocation of pilot certificates. In making this decision, the FAA recognizes the unanticipated issues that some operators are experiencing finding some remote identification broadcast modules. Drone pilots can meet this deadline by purchasing a standard Remote ID equipped drone from a manufacturer or purchasing a Remote ID broadcast module which can be affixed to existing drones that do not have Remote ID equipment. Remote ID acts like a digital license plate and will help the FAA, law enforcement, and other federal [...]

Source: US DOT U.S. Airline Total Number of Employees (both Full-Time and Part-Time) U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment increased to 803,893 workers in July 2023, 2,058 (0.26%) more workers than in June 2023 (801,835) and 60,853 (8.19%) more than in pre-pandemic July 2019 (743,040). U.S. scheduled-service passenger airlines employed 528,175 workers in July 2023 or 66% of the industry-wide total. Passenger airlines added 2,841 employees in July 2023 for a twenty-seventh consecutive month of job growth dating back to May 2021. Southwest led scheduled passenger carriers, adding 1,188 employees; United Air Lines added 927, and Delta Airlines added 545. U.S. cargo airlines employed 270,963 workers in July 2023, 34% of the industry total. Cargo carriers lost [...]

Source: ALTA ATPG is a voluntary group of pilot training experts that contributes to the EASA vision of aviation safety The Latin American & Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) announced the launching of the Latin American & Caribbean ATPG Chapter, a collaborative group composed of airlines and suppliers that will work with States, industry organizations and key stakeholders to contribute to effective, efficient and relevant flight crew training worldwide. This group works as an extension of the ALTA Pilot Training Committee, which gathers 12 airlines, and is chaired by Copa Airlines and Flybondi. For the first time, the LAC region will have this collaborative group, which will strengthen the work the ALTA committee is doing to achieve standardization and improvement [...]