by Alan Armstrong | Oct 17, 2019 | Aircraft, Airport Vulnerability, Airports, Companies, Corporations, Law, Legal, Politics, Windfarms
The explosion of wind turbine developments across the United States does not bode well for the continued viability of many public use airports. Overview of the Problem Increasingly, wind farms with wind turbine generators (WTGs) nearly 500 feet above ground level...
by Alan Armstrong | Mar 8, 2019 | Airports, FAA, Law, Legal, Travel
by Alan Armstrong1 On February 22, 2019, the FAA Director of Airport Compliance found that the jet ban implemented by Palm Beach County at Lantana Airport violated FAA Sponsor Grant Assurance No. 22 which requires recipients of federal funds at public airports make...
by Alan Armstrong | Aug 15, 2018 | Airports, Law, Legal, Media appearance
On August 14th, 2018, Alan Armstrong, pilot and aviation lawyer, was interviewed on CBS 46 about Frontier Airlines flight from Orlando, Florida to Atlanta, Georgia where unaccompanied minor was not permitted to board the flight after his aunt left him at the gate....
by Alan Armstrong | Aug 15, 2018 | Air Service, Airports, Law, Legal, Media appearance, Travel
On August 9th, 2018, Alan Armstrong, pilot and aviation lawyer, was interviewed by Brooke Baldwin of CNN on August 9, 2018, regarding Frontier Flight No. 1756 that was to have landed in Orlando but diverted to Atlanta and the lack of communication between the airline...
by Alan Armstrong | May 30, 2018 | Airport Vulnerability, Airports, Legal, Media appearance, Travel, Uncategorized
Nicole Carr of WSB-TV, Channel 2 interviewed Alan Armstrong about aircraft mechanic Nuetne Williamson who, in Las Vegas, threatened to sabotage aircraft in the presence of law enforcement officers. Williamson was promptly arrested and incarcerated in Las Vegas, and...
by Alan Armstrong | Sep 1, 2016 | Airports, FAA, Legal
It is the FAA public policy to maintain public airports as part of a national transportation system. In conflict with this policy, many local governments fail to enact or enforce airport zoning ordinances. As a result, public airports throughout the United...
