Repeat after me. . .

I forgot the password.


Channeling Steve Martin.

Court's Opinion (11th Circuit).

Pilot in command

New Rules.

Deceptive Trade Practices

Air Fare Quotes.

Lav 02

changing a diaper and sudden decompression.

Airworthiness Directive Boeing Aircraft

Faulty Airspeed Indicator and Loss of Aircraft.

Training Pilots

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 27, 2012
Contact: Les Dorr, Jr. or Alison Duquette
Phone: 202-267-3883

FAA Proposes to Raise Airline Pilot Qualification Standards

WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today proposed to substantially raise the qualification requirements for first officers who fly for U.S. passenger and cargo airlines.

Consistent with a mandate in the Airline Safety and Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010, the proposed rule would require first officers – also known as co-pilots – to hold an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate, requiring 1,500 hours of pilot flight time. Currently, first officers are required to have only a commercial pilot certificate, which requires 250 hours of flight time. The proposal also would require first officers to have an aircraft type rating, which involves additional training and testing specific to the airplanes they fly.

“Safety in all modes of transportation is our number-one priority,” said Secretary LaHood. “This proposed rule reflects our commitment to the safety of the traveling public by making sure our pilots are the most qualified and best trained in the world.”
“Our pilots need to have the right training and the right qualifications so they can be prepared to handle any situation they encounter in the cockpit,” said FAA Acting Administrator Michael Huerta. “I believe this proposed rule will ensure our nation’s pilots have the necessary skills and experience.”

Other highlights of the proposed rule include:

· A requirement for a pilot to have a minimum of 1,000 flight hours as a pilot in air carrier operations that require an ATP prior to serving as a captain for a U.S. airline.

· Enhanced training requirements for an ATP certificate, including 50 hours of multi-engine flight experience and completion of a new FAA-approved training program.

· An allowance for pilots with fewer than 1,500 hours of flight time, but who have an aviation degree or military pilot experience, to obtain a “restricted privileges” ATP certificate. These pilots could serve only as a first officer, not as a captain. Former military pilots with 750 hours of flight time would be able to apply for an ATP certificate with restricted privileges. Graduates of a four-year baccalaureate aviation degree program would be able to obtain an ATP with 1,000 hours of flight time, only if they also obtained a commercial pilot certificate and instrument rating from a pilot school affiliated with the university or college.

The proposal addresses recommendations from an Aviation Rulemaking Committee, the National Transportation Safety Board, and the FAA’s Call to Action to improve airline safety.


The proposed rule can be viewed here.


The public may comment on the proposal for 60 days after publication on February 29.



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Indefinite Detention

Reporters Threatened With Infinitely Long Imprisonment For Interviewing Suspects.

Arab Spring

Post-Qadhafi Libya.

Human Rights Report.

European Debt Crisis

The thigh bone's connected to the leg bone. . ..

DoNotTrackButton

Coming to your next browser.

Future Crime

Is biology. . .destiny.?

Moved up for Developments

Here's a good college admissions essay:
Compare/Contrast the missions of these men:Manning vs Ellsberg

See CourtHouseNews for Bradley Manning update.

See The Pentagon Papers on DVD.

Update, from CourtHouseNews.

Update from CourtHouseNews.(as of March 7, 2012)

DoNOTtrack

DataPrivacy.

Pandemic

Vaccine Policy.

China 2030

China 2030.


The folks with girls are taking them out of danger, and the ones with boys are taking them to a more target rich environment. Its all demographics. (Malthus) And the market. (Smith) Which comes first? Some would argue demographics since there have to have been choosers before there can be markets, but if the sex of the choosers is predetermined by other market factors,(and assuming different sexes prioritize differently) then its the demographics, isn't it?


World in FreeFall.

China 2030

China's Banking system.

Men, accept no substitutes.!

SC puts Limits on Miranda

Howes v Fields.

When Miranda attaches. Just what does it mean to be "in custody" and is that "experience" limited in time?


Why do innocent people confess.?

DoNotTrack

FollowingUpSupremeCtOpinion, via CourtHouseNews.

ICAO conclave

Including Foreign Ownership issues.

Do NOT sit on your passport

Keep it out of your back pocket.

SpaceWeather

Window view.

Structured Default

Greece and Generalized Contagion.

save

Role of DHS and Do Not Fly List.

DTW

Abdulmutallab.

Causes of Instability

Middle East/North Africa.

Tracking by App

DianeRehm.


Sweeping Data.


From the NYTimes.

WireTapping

From NPR.

737

Seals not Fireproof, from CourtHouseNews.


Publication.

monitor

Greek Passports.

Eye Scanners

Switched Off.

Policy

EU.

Underwear Bomber

NPR.


Wikipedia.

Liars and Outliers

Bruce Schneier's New Book.

Financing Aviation Fuel Climate Change Taxes

Academic Paper.

Flaw in OnLine Encryption Method

Back to the Stone Age.

Fordo

CRS, Sanctions.


Completely Functional.

Air Consumer Report

Feb 2012.

CyberSecurity

Study.

Flying while old

Tips.

Protecting your cell phone

Advice from the NYTimes technology writers.

Pandemic Preparedness

Discuss.


OnBoard.

NPR.


See the collected links dated
Saturday, April 09, 2011, this blog, for more.

Lear Jet

Airworthiness.

U.S. Muslims Rarely Seen As Terrorist Threats

NYTimes.

Avoiding Paying the Baggage Fees

From the NYTimes.

Registration of Aircraft

To Non-Citizen Trustees.

Forfeiture and Auction of Seized Property

Auction.

Triple 7 airworthiness directive

Fire in cockpit.

Expedited Security

All you have to give up in exchange is your privacy.

IranthreatToStraitofHormuz

Whatever happens here, go by some comfortable shoes.

Container Security & Other GAO Report

GAO Report.


Air Sovereignty.

Detaining US Citizens

Detention of U.S.Citizens.(from the Federation of American Scientists)


CRS Report.


Terrorist Watch List Screening.

Global Entry

Publication.


Application.

Pilot deemed security risk

from the UK.

Email Scamm Alert

American Airlines email.

Bradley Manning vs Daniel Ellsberg

Update on Manning,via CourtHouseNews.

Here's a good college admissions essay:
Compare/Contrast the missions of these men:

See CourtHouseNews for Manning update.

See The Pentagon Papers on DVD.

Update, from CourtHouseNews.

Facebook Tracking

article.


Personal Data's Value.


Law Review.

drones

Drones Challenge Air Traffic Controllers.


See also, WSJ, article by Andy Pasztor titled U.S. Skies Could see more Drones, on Feb 4-5, Sunday Edition.


From the Federation of American Scientists.

Moved Up for Developments

Video Conferencing.

There was a time, not so long ago, that I was convinced that video conferencing would turn the airline industry into a charter only operation. Turns out . . .I was mistaken. . .as ususal. Now if only . . .


Well, there it is.


NYTimesCoverage.

Restructuring AMR

Plans.

Global Entry

Regs.

Homeland Security

GAO Study.

AMR renigs

So. . .let me get this straight. . .postponing the bankruptcy petition (during the RPA fiasco) was really just a method of raiding the reserves by the so called Officers of the corporation, thereby enabling a select few to coordinate their exits.? (Courtesy of Courthousenews)Ha!

Reports

Immigration Related Detentions. (courtesy of the Federation of American Scientists)

Air Sovereignty.

Air Sov

Air Sovereignty Alert.

Quake Zones & Nuc'ler Reactors

This is old news, but at least now they are owning up to what the studies have been demonstrating since Fukushima.

Gatekeepers

No Confidence.