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New FAA Video Aims to Help Reduce Wildlife Strikes
Last July, the FAA posted a new video designed to enhance airport safety and help curb wildlife strikes. Entitled “The 2015 Wildlife Hazard Management and Strike Reporting Update,” the video outlines the benefits of wildlife hazard strike reporting and how airport operators use the information to reduce wildlife strikes at airports. The video also discusses the FAA’s partnerships with other federal agencies and organizations to reduce wildlife strikes.
This is the second video in a series first launched last year to provide the airport community with information to help them continue to operate the nation’s airports safely and efficiently. To view the video, go to: http://www.faa.gov/airports/safety-video-series/.
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Senate failed to act on a PBOR 2
U.S. House and Senate approval of a three-month extension of the highway reauthorization bill late last week dimmed hopes for renewal of the Export-Import Bank’s charter before its funding runs out on September 30. At the same time, backers of the Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2 (PBOR 2) must look for a new means to…
Read MoreAirplane noise plaintiffs lose one
Judge: Airplane noise plaintiffs owe Mile-Hi Skydiving $48K in attorney’s fees An interesting turn in events in Colorado. To read the article go here. http://www.timescall.com/longmont-local-news/ci_28557490/judge-airplane-noise-plaintiffs-owe-mile-hi-48k
Read MoreGA fires back at airline pilots for attacking medical reform
JULY 29, 2015 The Experimental Aircraft Association and other general aviation groups have fired back at an inflammatory letter sent by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) to all U.S. senators that “made numerous false and unsubstantiated claims regarding the efforts to expand freedoms in general aviation and reform aeromedical certification,” according to EAA officials.…
Read MoreMedical Reform? ALPA Opposes It
ALPA Opposes GA Medical-Reform Effort
EAA leadership was fuming at AirVenture on Saturday morning, as they dealt with a last-minute, unexpected letter from the Air Line Pilots Association sent to members of Congress, opposing the Pilots’ Bill of Rights 2 now under consideration — with a vote in the Senate expected as soon as Tuesday. ALPA cited concerns over safety if the bill, which would allow GA pilots to self-certify under most circumstances, were to pass. “This is an out-and-out attack to derail the bill,” EAA Chairman Jack Pelton said at an impromptu news conference at Oshkosh on Saturday morning. “We think it’s unconscionable, and unfair to the GA public.” Pelton and the EAA staffers quickly worked to rally the troops at AirVenture to call their senators on Monday to let them know the bill is important to them.
Read MoreMedical Reform Moving in Congress
There is hope for third-class medical reform and it may become a reality soon. A bipartisan amendment to the Senate highway bill was filed this week by Senators Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) and John Boozman (R-Arkansas), adding language to support third-class medical reform.
The language introduced in the highway bill mirrors suggested medical rules included in the Pilots Bill of Rights 2, which was presented to Congress earlier this year by Sen. James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma). Support for the bill has been gaining momentum in the House and Senate, AOPA said.
Read MoreGA Survey Ending Soon
Did you receive an invite to participate in the 37th annual General Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey (GA Survey) for reporting on calendar year 2014? If so, please send in your response as the survey period will soon close. Contact Tetra Tech with any questions at 1-800-826-1797 or via email [email protected].
Read MoreCalifornia Bill Would Prevent Most UAV Flights Over Private Property
AUVSI Says It Would Make Virtually All Flights Illegal
A bill that is working its way through the California Legislature would create a no-fly zone for UAVs from the ground up to 350 feet over any private property in the state.
The bill, introduced by District 19 Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, “would extend liability for wrongful occupation of real property and damages to a person who operates an unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system less than 350 feet above ground level within the airspace overlaying the real property, without the express permission of the person or entity with the legal authority to grant access or without legal authority.”
Read MoreAviation Editor John Kounis Dies
John Kounis, editor of aviation magazine Pilot Getaways, died suddenly this week at his home in Glendale, California. Kounis was an avid pilot with several thousand hours of flight time and the proud owner of a Cessna 185. During his exciting career, he visited more than 50 countries in a variety of general aviation airplanes.
July/August 2015 issue of FAA Safety Briefing
The July/August 2015 issue of FAA Safety Briefing highlights the many unique opportunities that GA flying enables in all four corners of our great nation. Articles in this issue help prepare pilots for what to expect when traveling outside their home airspace in terms of plan, pilot, and plane.
