New York Post6d
FAA embroiled in lawsuit alleging it turned away 1,000 applicants based on race — that contributed to staffing woes
The Federal Aviation Administration is fighting a class-action lawsuit alleging it denied 1,000 would-be air traffic controllers jobs because of diversity hiring targets — as it was revealed tha ...
The Hill6d
FAA restricts helicopter routes in DC region
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday announced it would restrict helicopter routes in the Washington region following a deadly collision this week between an Army Black Hawk and a ...
Reuters6d
FAA restricting helicopter flights near Reagan National after crash
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is indefinitely restricting helicopter flights near Washington Reagan National Airport after a deadly collision between an ...
MSNBC6d
How Americans ended up without an FAA administrator as Trump came into office
Rachel Maddow tells the story of how the former FAA administrator, Michael Whitaker, fell afoul of Elon Musk and was driven from his position upon Donald Trump taking office. With Trump's ...
New York Post6d
Federal employees, including FAA, received email encouraging them to resign a day after DC plane crash: report
Federal employees — including ones within the FAA — received a letter from the government urging them to find other jobs a day before and the day after the disastrous Washington, DC ...
Reuters4d
US FAA pilot safety messaging system resumes operations
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - A key system that provides safety messages to pilots resumed operating on Sunday morning after an outage that began the previous night, the Federal Aviation ...
Fox News6d
Trump orders assessment of aviation safety, names acting FAA administrator after deadly DC plane crash
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed two executive orders appointing a new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) deputy administrator and ordering an immediate assessment of aviation safety.
CBS News5d
Trump criticized DEI and the FAA's diversity policies after a deadly plane crash. Here's what we know.
In a Thursday press briefing, President Trump criticized his predecessor for his management of the Federal Aviation Administration and suggested, without evidence, that diversity initiatives at ...
Engineering News-Record6d
DroneDeploy Gets FAA Clearance for Beyond Visual Line of Sight Usage
DroneDeploy announced January 28 it has been granted U.S. Beyond Visual Line of Sight approval nationwide for critical infrastructure from the Federal Aviation Administration, establishing its ...
Newsday6d
Trump targets FAA diversity efforts in plane crash probe despite no evidence they played any role
Among his chief targets: An FAA diversity hiring initiative he suggested had undermined the agency’s effectiveness. “But certainly for an air traffic controller, we want the brightest ...
People6d
FAA Is Indefinitely Closing Helicopter Routes Near D.C. Airport After American Airlines Crash: Reports
An FAA official told Reuters that the agency is closing access to parts of the two helicopter routes near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via ...