Topic: Randy Babbitt

The sudden departure of FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt has thrown a wrench into EAA and AOPA's proposal for a waiver of medical requirements for...

DOT Makes New Plans for Bad Weather Travel

To avoid excessive delays this winter, air travel experts are researching ways to distribute information about diverting planes in bad weather.....
Posted on 08/26/11 at 1:01pm by Eddie Staley . Boeing (NYSE: BA ) received certification for the all-new 787 Dreamliner from the U.S. Federal...

Watchdog: Air traffic controller errors way up

0 . A government watchdog says he doesn't know why errors by air traffic controllers increased 53 percent last year, but that an inexperienced work ...
Maybe they should invest in some more coffee pots, too.. . After yet another air traffic controller fell asleep on the job early Saturday morning...

Southwest crew suspended for look-see

Southwest crew suspended for look-see. Mar. 30, 2011 (United Press International) - The Federal Aviation Administration says crew members risked...
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration chief Randy Babbitt said that he has implemented an "interim plan" affecting air-traffic control system...

CAPE WIND'S NEW CHIEF PILOT

J. Randolph Babbitt is one of those lucky few who seems able to change his mind completely without feeling he needs to apologize. The Alliance believed he was a perfect choice to press their claims that Cape Wind represents an aviation radar ...
Charleston, W. Va. - Senator Jay Rockefeller today joined FAA Administrator Babbitt, Yeager Airport Director Rick Atkinson, local officials and members of the Yeager board to celebrate $4.9 million in Recovery Act funding that the airport used to update its baggage handling ...
Lawmakers criticize delays in new pilot fatigue rules promised after 2009 fatal airline crashLawmakers demanded Wednesday that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood write new rules aimed at preventing pilot fatigue, as he promised to do last year after an airline crash near Buffalo ...