Issues & Modes / Aviation
Year-End Funding Bill Creates New Requirements for Aircraft Certification
Dec 22, 2020 | Paul LewisAs part of the massive omnibus funding bill passed by Congress yesterday, which contains the second round of COVID relief money,...
Time Running Out for Water Resources, Aviation Certification Bills in This Congress
Dec 04, 2020 | Jeff DavisSeveral key transportation and infrastructure bills are still unsettled, and time is rapidly running out for this Congress to...
FAA Clears 737 MAX for Return to Service as Congress Debates New Aircraft Certification Reform
Nov 20, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe Federal Aviation Administration this week approved the return to service of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft after 20 months of being...
End-of-FY20 Report on Aviation, Water Trust Funds
Oct 23, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe Airport and Airway Trust Fund had a predictably bad year in fiscal 2020 (since Congress shut off tax collections halfway through...
Transit Agencies, Airports Spent Another $2.6 Billion of CARES Act Funding in August
Oct 09, 2020 | Jeff DavisU.S. mass transit providers and airport sponsors collectively spent another $2.6 billion of their $35 billion in special COVID-19 aid...
More Airline Aid Now Won’t Move Without Resolution of Larger COVID Aid Bill
Oct 09, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis was an interesting week for the aviation news beat in Congress. The end result is that many U.S. airlines and contractors are...
Additional Airline Payroll Support Promised But Not (Yet) Delivered
Oct 02, 2020 | Jeff DavisU.S. airlines commenced plans to lay off over 30,000 employees yesterday, following the expiration of the no-layoffs clause...
Airlines Close on $13 Billion in CARES Act Loans
Oct 02, 2020 | Jeff DavisThe Treasury Department announced this week that seven passenger airlines had closed loans under the authority provided in the March...
Guest Op-Ed: Annoyance and Drones: How Optimizing Flight Paths Can Reduce Potential Noise Impacts
Sep 18, 2020 | Eddie Duncan, INCE Bd. Cert,, Erica Wygonik, PhD, PE,, Kenneth Kaliski, PE, QEP, INCE Bd. Cert.Drones are cost effective and easy to operate. However, the same physical characteristics that make multicopter drones appealing, such...
House Democrats Release Critical Report on 737 MAX As Senate Panel Postpones Certification Bill
Sep 18, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis week, Democrats on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released a 238-page investigative report on the actions...
Substitute Version of FAA Certification Bill (Senate – Sept. 11, 2020)
Sep 18, 2020 | Jeff DavisThis is the amendment in the nature of a substitute for the Senate's FAA certification reform bill (S. 3969) circulated to Senate...
Some Transit Agencies, Airports Still Slow to Spend Emergency COVID Money
Sep 11, 2020 | Jeff DavisMass transit agencies across the country spent $2.3 billion of their CARES Act coronavirus funding in July, while airports spent $652...