Archive for November, 2007
FAA Engineering Brief: Safer Taxiways and Aprons
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007FAA has released Engineering Brief No. 75: Incorporation of Runway Incursion Prevention into Taxiway and Apron Design. The 19-page .PDF “provides interim guidance” on designing taxiway and apron improvements with the goal of minimizing runway incursions. The guidance will be worked into the new AC 150/5300-13, “Airport Design,” which is being re-written.
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Oct/Nov 2007 Issue, 2006 Issues Now Online
Monday, November 19th, 2007Don’t miss the October/November issue of Airport Magazine (.PDF), featuring a cover story from Nina Rao on airport Wi-Fi networks, both for-fee and free. You can find links to .PDF versions of all the 2007 issues here. Also, all seven 2006 issues are now online in .PDF format. Find them here.
Krys Bart, A.A.E., Testifies On Airport Customer Service
Thursday, November 15th, 2007Reno-Tahoe International President and CEO Krys Bart, A.A.E., who also is the AAAE chair, was one of four witnesses to testify during a House aviation subcommittee hearing on airport/airline customer service during the holiday travel period this morning. Bart’s message, per her oral remarks:
Airports around the country are committed to helping passengers by providing top-notch […]
NTSB Expands Runway Safety Improvement Call
Friday, November 9th, 2007NTSB expanded its long-standing call to improve runway safety, tweaking its most-wanted list in the process. From the press release:
The Board expanded the issue area of runway incursions to include runway excursions, incidents when aircraft on the ground depart the runway environment. Three additional recommendations were added to this area, which was renamed “Improve Runway […]
FAA Airports Office Wants Your Input
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007FAA’s Office of Airports is conducting a customer satisfaction survey. Click on this link to participate–the splash page says it takes about 20 minutes to complete.