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Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative

Friday, January 4th, 2008

FAA kicked off the new year with a backgrounder on the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI). Here’s a presentation (.pdf) from the March 2007 FAA Aviation Forecast Conference that provides some more background.

Sightline Fall/Winter Newsletter

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

The good folks at Sightline, experts on all things airport marking-related, have posted their latest newsletter. Good information, as usual.

FAA Engineering Brief: Safer Taxiways and Aprons

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

FAA 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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Krys Bart, A.A.E., Testifies On Airport Customer Service

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Reno-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, 2007

NTSB 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 […]

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