FAA Issues Rulemaking Requiring Air Carriers to Disclose Seat Dimensions to Facilitate Use of Child Safety Seats on Domestic Passenger-Carrying Operations

Posted on Apr 3rd, 2014

Under the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, the FAA required the Aviation Administration to initiate a rulemaking to require air carriers conducting domestic, flag, and supplemental operations to make available on their websites information meant to enable passengers to determine which chil…

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PHMSA Issues Final Rule Incorporating Special Permits and Competent Authorities into Hazardous Materials Regulations

Posted on Mar 24th, 2014

On March 18, 2014 the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a Final Rule which amends the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) and incorporates provisions contained in widely used and longstanding special permits and competent authority approvals. Special permits an…

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FAA Releases ANPRM Regarding Drug and Alcohol Testing

Posted on Mar 21st, 2014

On March 17, 2014, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) that would require drug and alcohol testing for certain employees at part 145 certificated repair stations located outside the United States. Such testing is required for employees …

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USTDA Praises The Wicks Group's Work in Azerbaijan

Posted on Mar 14th, 2014

On March 12, 2014, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) congratulated the Republic of Azerbaijan's State Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) on achieving Category 1 Aviation Safety Rating, in compliance with international standards, which was announced on March 7th by the Federal Aviation Admi…

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NTSB Dismisses Civil Penalty Assessed on UAS Operator, FAA Appeals

Posted on Mar 13th, 2014

On March 6, 2014, the National Transportation Safety Board (“NTSB”) Administrative Law Judge Patrick Geraghty dismissed a $10,000 civil penalty assessed by the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) against the operator of a powered glider aircraft. The FAA had fined the operator, Raphael Pirke…

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FAA Grants Waiver of High Density Rule for Airlines at Slot Controlled Airports

Posted on Mar 11th, 2014

On March 11, 2014 in accordance with 14 C.F.R. Part 93, the FAA announced a limited waiver of the conditions set by the High Density Rule (HDR) which require airliners to purchase operating authorizations, or slots, in order to land or take-off from Washington’s Reagan National Airport, John F.Kenn…

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