Source: TSA The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) expects to screen more than 14 million passengers during the Labor Day holiday weekend from Sept. 1, 2023 through Sept. 6, 2023. The busiest day is projected to be Sept. 1, 2023, when TSA expects to screen over 2.7 million travelers passing through security checkpoints. The agency has screened about 227.5 million passengers since Memorial Day weekend, an average of 2.5 million per day. Travel volumes during this summer travel period are higher than 2019 during the same summer travel period, marking the busiest summer travel period on record. "We anticipate this Labor Day holiday weekend will be busy, with passenger volumes nearly 11% higher than last year—volumes that already exceeded 2019 Labor [...]

Source: US FAA The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded more than $121 million to airports across the country to reduce the risk of runway incursions. Projects will reconfigure taxiways that may cause confusion, install new lighting systems and provide more flexibility on the airfield. “The FAA is serious about ending runway incursions and we are putting substantial resources behind our efforts,” said Associate Administrator for Airports Shannetta Griffin, P.E. “In some cases the best way to address safety risks is modifying or reconfiguring existing airfields - these grants directly address those situations.” New projects announced today: Boston Logan International: $44.9 million to simplify airfield layout by removing part of Taxiway Q and F as identified in the airport’s runway incursion mitigation plan; rehabilitates Taxiway T, N [...]

Source: ALPA On Wednesday, August 23, the Envoy Master Executive Council (MEC) of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) held an election for officers to lead the more than 2,000 Envoy pilots. The voting members of the Envoy MEC reelected by acclamation F/O Chase Freeman, chair; Capt. Michele Franciosa, vice chair; and Capt. Jonathan Miranda, secretary-treasurer, to serve the two-year term that begins September 8, 2023. F/O Chase Freeman Freeman was reelected as chair. Based in Chicago, he has been with Envoy since 2020. He previously served as F/O representative in Council 133 and Contract Compliance Committee chair. Capt. Michele Franciosa Franciosa was reelected as MEC vice chair. He previously served as a new-hire mentor and Council 126 secretary-treasurer. [...]

Source: US FAA The Federal Aviation Administration has hired 1,500 air traffic controllers and met its 2023 goal needed to continue rebuilding its training pipeline. The agency also announced that it now has approximately 2,600 controllers being trained at facilities across the country. Many of these controllers are already certified to safely work some air traffic positions as they continue training on others. “This is an important milestone as we come out of the pandemic, but there is more work to do. We plan to hire 1,800 controllers in the upcoming year provided we receive the funding,” said Tim Arel, chief operating officer of the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization. New controllers start their career journey at FAA’s academy in Oklahoma [...]