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Crew rest and training, new ATC contract, and more
Patrick Smith has some thoughts on the Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act of 2009. He finds good, unnecessary, and controversial in the bill. [Salon] The FAA and NATCA have a newly medi… more →
Evan Sparks's Aviation Policy Blog
Crew rest and training, new ATC contract, and more
Evan Sparks wrote 3 months ago: Patrick Smith has some thoughts on the Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act of 2009. He … more →
Photo op gone wrong, and more
Evan Sparks wrote 7 months ago: A thorough account of an ill-thought-out idea. [WSJ] The U.S. Department of Transportation will make … more →
For all the airport geeks out there
Evan Sparks wrote 7 months ago: I recently found on my computer this photo taken during a trip to Gibraltar in 2005: This is the bar … more →
International airline alliances in the spotlight
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Evan Sparks wrote 7 months ago: I’ve done several off-blog items on the subject of international airline alliances lately. Her … more →
FAA oversight, Southwest to LaGuardia, and more
Evan Sparks wrote 7 months ago: The FAA is attempting to temper the effects on passengers of its safety oversight, especially after … more →
From Malaysia to Minneapolis, and more
Evan Sparks wrote 9 months ago: A few items for your attention today: In an interesting test case for private airport development, t … more →
Conflict of interest, FAA leadership, and more
Evan Sparks wrote 10 months ago: Transportation Secretary nominee Ray LaHood has already weighed in on a matter under DOT review: whe … more →
Daily departures, Merry Christmas edition
Evan Sparks wrote 11 months ago: Merry Christmas, folks! I’ve got some loose ends I want to tie up here before heading off to M … more →
Global deregulation? And more
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: IATA, the global airline trade group, wants “the industry to be freed from the shackles that p … more →
Boris Johnson's silly idea. This is news? (And more)
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Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: Lots in the news today. . . . Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, wants to build a new London airpor … more →
Security theater, congressional intervention, and more
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: Here’s your daily briefing on aviation policy news: In the handsomely redesigned November issu … more →
Stopping the slot auctions, and more
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: The national and international airline lobbies are suing the Department of Transportation to stop th … more →
Daily departures, back from the dead edition
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: I’m back from my vacation, well-rested and ready to dive back into aviation policy blogging. M … more →
Happy (con)trails
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: I’m headed off to the West Coast for a week; in the meantime, a few of the aviation blogospher … more →
Heathrow, Europe, and more
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: First, some news about Heathrow and BAA: British Airways would rather see a third runway built at He … more →
Bad-apple FAA manager "retires," and more
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: Douglas Gawadzinski, one of the apparent problem personnel in the FAA office overseeing Southwest Ai … more →
Doing something, anything
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: The airline lobby is urging Congress to “do something” about the price of oil — na … more →
Taiwan thaw, Heathrow hell, ailing Alitalia, and more
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: In one of the first signs of the slightly warming relationship of China and Taiwan under new Taiwane … more →
Daily-ish departures: antitrust, lawsuits, and more
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: Here’s the latest in Daily Irregular Departures: Save the cookie redux. Midwest Airlines pilot … more →
