by Alan Armstrong | Mar 19, 2019 | Accident, Aircraft, Engineering, Law, Legal
An Analysis of the Engineering Decisions Made by Boeing in Designing the B-737 Max Aircraft On October 29, 2018, a Boeing 737Max 8 operated as Indonesian Lion Air Flight 610 crashed in the Java Sea. The aircraft exhibited an erratic flight profile concluding with a...
by Alan Armstrong | Mar 8, 2019 | Airports, FAA, Law, Legal, Travel
Palm Beach County Jet Ban Struck Down for the Second Time by the FAA 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...
by Alan Armstrong | Aug 15, 2018 | Airports, Law, Legal, Media appearance, Video
Interview on CBS about unaccompanied minor not allowed to board Frontier Airlines flight 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...
by Alan Armstrong | Aug 15, 2018 | Air Service, Airports, Law, Legal, Media appearance, Travel, Video
Interview on CNN TV about flight diverted with unaccompanied minors on board 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...
by Alan Armstrong | Dec 13, 2011 | FAA, Law, NTSB
When Is an Aircraft Airworthy? The purpose of this article is to educate lawyers, pilots, mechanics and aircraft owners/operators with respect to when a United States – registered aircraft is “airworthy.” As we explore this subject, we will consider the statutory and...
by Alan Armstrong | Jul 14, 2010 | FAA, Law
Federal Aviation Regulations on Aircraft Re-registration On July 9, 2010, FAA Administrator J. Randolph Babbitt issued sweeping revisions to the Federal Aviation Regulations in terms of aircraft registration. A Final Rule implementing these revisions was published in...