Regulatory
November 08, 2011 | Categories:
Regulatory
On Sept. 27, the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) released its first Airworthiness Directive (AD).
The AD, UAE-2011-001, applies to Lear Jet 60 model…
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October 12, 2011 | Categories:
Design & Production,
ICA,
Regulatory
On Oct. 6, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a draft policy regarding the availability of instructions for continued airworthiness (ICA).
The agency outlines what it believes are inappropriate restrictive…
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September 12, 2011 | Categories:
Operations,
Regulatory
In 2008, the FAA and industry were hit with flight cancellations due to suspected compliance issues regarding airworthiness directives (ADs). Two “teams” (the Independent Review Team (IRT)) and Airworthiness Directive…
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August 31, 2011 | Categories:
Regulatory
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a final rule requiring most private-sector employers to post a government-drafted notice of employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)…
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August 26, 2011 | Categories:
Maintenance
On March 8, ARSA sent a letter to the FAA requesting that the agency clarify (or, re-clarify) that fabrication of a part is not maintenance.
ARSA’s appeal was driven by several members…
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