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January 07, 2008

FAA Looks Into Potential For Passenger Access To 787 Systems

Nevermind Asking If The Dreamliner Will Hack It... Can Someone Hack The Dreamliner?

Unless it's an order announcement -- or photos from its first flight -- Boeing would probably prefer to keep its delayed 787 Dreamliner out of the news cycle right now. As interest in the composite-bodied airliner increases, however, so do the headlines... which is likely why news of a potential security flaw in the design of the aircraft made the rounds in the general media last week.

Well, What Did They Expect Would Happen?

Airbus and Boeing have cautioned for months they expect a sharp drop in orders for 2008, following record showings for both manufacturers in 2007... but it seems the world's financial markets are just now coming around to that reality. Aerospace stocks took a sharp drop Monday, and the expected orders slowdown is to blame.

Will Provide Fly-By-Wire Computers, Associated Interfaces

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) selected Rockwell Collins to provide primary flight control computers, pilot controls and horizontal stabilizer trim system for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ).

Security Eventually Catches Up After Pilot Confronts Him

Police in Toronto tell the CanWest News Service a 20-year-old man who ran past security at Pearson International faces multiple criminal charges, but may suffer from mental illness.

Wants Fellow Travelers To Get Checked ASAP

Stop us if you've heard this one before. An airline passenger on an international flight is feared to have contaminated 44 fellow passengers with multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis, after disregarding a diagnosis and flying anyway.

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ANN Names The 'Heartbreakers' of 2007: #6--FAA v. The World

From the Heartbreaker's List #6: FAA v. The World

While no one ever expected that FAA was their 'friend...' no one expected them to take sides. And in 2007, the Federal Aviation Administration might as well have been called the Federal Airline Administration... especially with the revolving door of senior people who crossed over from 800 Independence Ave. to cushy jobs in the airline sector.

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is calling on the U.S. Department of Commerce to suspend a new program that allows companies in China to gain expedited access to sensitive U.S. aerospace technology, including telecommunication and composites technologies with potential military applications.