by Alan Armstrong | Sep 8, 2014 | FAA, Legal, NTSB
Failure to Provide Air Traffic Data results in Dismissal of FAA’s Complaint In this issue of FlightWatch, we will examine the Initial Decision of Judge William R. Mullins in the case of Admin- istrator v. Michael, 2013 WL 6221805 (NTSB). In essence, Judge Mullins...
by Alan Armstrong | Jul 9, 2014 | Airpool, Corporations, FAA, Legal
FAA Rebuffs AIRPOOLER FAA REBUFFS AMBITIONS OF AIRPOOLER The Ambitions of AirPooler, Inc. AirPooler sponsors a website that connects pilots and passengers to save money over commercial fares with pilots saving money on the operation of their aircraft. Before the...
by Alan Armstrong | Apr 9, 2014 | Drone Traffic, FAA, Legal
Assaults On FAA’s Drone Policy Brendan Schulman, Esq., with the firm of Kramer, Levin, Naftalis and Frankel, LLP in New York, has embarked on a headlong assault on the FAA’s policy restricting the operation of model aircraft and/or unmanned aircraft systems pursuant...
by Alan Armstrong | Mar 9, 2014 | Drone Traffic, FAA, Legal, NTSB
NTSB Judge Order Questions FAA’s Authority to Punish Commercial Operators of UAV’s On March 6, 2014, Judge Geraghty of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued an Order finding that the FAA could not discipline the commercial operator of an...
by Alan Armstrong | Nov 9, 2013 | FAA, Legal
FAA’s New Obstructive Sleep Apnea Policy FEDERAL AIR SURGEON, FRED TILTON, M.D., PUBLISHES THE FAA’S NEW OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA POLICY The Tilton Memorandum The Federal Air Surgeon periodically publishes a Medical Bulletin distributed to Aviation Medical Examiners...
by Alan Armstrong | May 10, 2013 | Companies, FAA, Flight Department, Legal
Hazards of Operating Flight Department Companies THE HAZARDS OF OPERATING FLIGHT DEPARTMENT COMPANIES Scope of the Inquiry Flight department companies are routinely employed as subsidiaries of parent corporations or holding companies. These flight department...