图片题注:Map depicting the FAA's air traffic control jurisdictions over all U.S. territories and some international waters, including (in yellow) regions where the U.S. provides enroute air traffic control services over land, (in blue) regions where the U.S. provides oceanic air traffic con...
Benefits of using data link messages; Joint efforts of the Miami Air Route Traffic Control Center, the FAA and American Airlines for implementing controller; Steps involved in implementing controller/pilot data link.NordwallBruceD.Aviation Week & Space Technology...
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association confirmed to CBS New York on Tuesday that the FAA plans to form a special panel to study on-the-job fatigue at understaffed air traffic control centers. New York's main air traffic controller center is staffed at just 54%, according to ...
The shutdown quickly spread travel misery around the country, with airports as close as Milwaukee and as far as Dallas canceling flights. Online radar images showed a gaping hole in the nation's air-traffic map over the upper Midwest. This screenshot provided by FlightAware shows airline traffic...
The experience should be all too familiar to most of you.Unusually bad weatherand short-staffed air traffic control centers–especiallyaround New York–have combined with an air-travel system that has little to no slack left in it to trash the personal and business-travel plans of too many Am...
"Air space is going to be a critical, critical issue," Isom said, calling on new industries to contribute to the cost of air traffic control. Airlines kick in funding for the federal agency through air ticket and fuel taxes. General aviation also contributes through fuel taxes. The space in...
Now, however, the operators can get the authorization they need within seconds to fly within controlled airspace and up to predetermined altitudes, a major step in the right direction. Authorization for complex flights, such as those that require coordination from air traffic control or those at ...
Airlines and the Transportation Department last year frequentlyblamed one anotherfor hundreds offlight disruptionsthat hit travelers, particularly in the spring and summer. Airline executives complained that insufficient air traffic control staffing was partly at fault for the disruptions, while Buttigie...
Within the next two years, that will change. In November, the FAAreleasedits “road map” for the integration of UAS into American airspace, which is slated to begin on September 30, 2015, as mandated by a law enacted in 2012. At that point, the FAA will begin to allow individuals an...
Previously, such operators were required to let the authorities at airports and air traffic control facilities know if they were planning to fly their drones within five miles of an airport. That’s no longer the case. Instead, they’ll have to get clearance via the FAA’s Low Altitude Auth...