Monthly Archives: April 2011

 

Anti-Safety Amendment Narrowly Passes the House

 

Immediately following the tragic crash of Flight 3407 near Buffalo New York on Feb. 12, 2009, The ‘Families of Continent Flight 3407′ was organized as a support network and an activist group to work on aviation safety reform.      Part of their work is preventing the language in the Shuster Amendment being included in the final Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Bill.  The Shuster Amendment has language that would jeopardize current and future FAA safety rulemaking efforts.  The bill now … Read more…

Created by Clifford Law Offices on April 7, 2011 |
Filed under: Commercial Aviation

 

Another Air Traffic Controller Sleeps on the Job

 

The USA Today reports today that a second air traffic controller has been found sleeping on the job at night.  According to the story, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) fired the worker who slept for five hours during the midnight shift on Feb. 19 in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was reported that an FAA controller fell asleep during a midnight shift while working alone at Washington’s Reagan National Airport for at least 24 minutes on March 23.  He is reportedly on … Read more…

Created by Clifford Law Offices on April 7, 2011 |
Filed under: FAA

 

Southwest Airlines’ Flight Experiences Rapid Decompression

 

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reportedly is working with Southwest Airlines to determine the cause of a depressurization event that occurred Friday on a flight from California to Phoenix, Arizona. The flight had to be diverted to a military base in Yuma, Arizona, during an emergency landing.  The airlines announced it would not be flying all of its Boeing 737s while it inspects the fleet in cooperation with Boeing engineers. Five Phoenix-based crew members and 118 passengers were on … Read more…

Created by Clifford Law Offices on April 2, 2011 |
Filed under: NTSB