NATA Group Conducts First 'Capitol Hill Morning'

The NATA Airline Services Council (ASC) met last week in Washington, D.C. to conduct one of its regular meetings as well as carry out its first annual "Capitol Hill Morning." More than 15 company executives attended the meeting that included appearances by Stewart Verdery Jr., Assistant Secretary for Border and Transportation Security Policy and Planning at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Congressman John Duncan, Jr., senior member of the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure. ASC members also visited with two-dozen key members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. 

TSA Recruiting Full-Time, Part-Time Airport Screeners  

Looking for a job? Aspiring screeners take note: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is accepting job applications for full-time and part-time and full-time security screener jobs with federal benefits in several airports across the country, including TSA continues recruiting full-time screeners at these airports: Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix (AZ); Logan International Airport, Boston (Mass); Washington-Dulles International Airport, Herndon (VA) Denver International Airport, Denver (CO) and several locations throughout Florida.

Fingers Pointed In Both Directions

On Thursday, ANN reported that the Allied Pilots Association published the results of their investigation into the accident of American Airlines Flight 587, which crashed after departing New York's John F. Kennedy International airport on Nov. 12, 2001. Now, the carrier and Airbus are pointing the accusatory finger at each other. Each group blamed the other on Wednesday for the second-worst air disaster in U.S. history - a crash that killed 265 people in New York. American blamed the A300-600 crash on the plane's flight control system, while Airbus said the pilot was improperly trained.

Were They Ever On Schedule?

Wow, here's a news flash: Airlines aren't keeping to their flight schedules. On-time performance by major U.S. airlines continues to slide with delays creeping back at several big airports despite fewer passengers, industry and government figures showed on Tuesday. Although the number of airline passengers remains far below the record years of 1999 and 2000, flight operations and delays have been going up steadily and putting new pressure on some of the nation's busiest airports. According to the first performance data for the year, the 19 carriers reporting to the government recorded an overall on-time rating of 75 percent in January. This compares with 76 percent for 18 carriers in December and 83 percent for 17 airlines in January 2003, the

New Program Tailored Airline Operations

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will introduce for its Fall 2004 semester a new bachelor of science degree program in Aeronautical Science that is specially designed to train pilots the way airlines do. The program will be offered at its campuses in Daytona Beach (FL) and Prescott (AZ). Embry-Riddle's new curriculum takes advantage of an array of sophisticated flight-training devices that simulate the jet aircraft used by regional airlines, as well as the smaller planes used in introductory flight training. The devices allow students to become better pilots faster and at a lower cost than before. The Embry-Riddle curriculum employs flight-training devices for the Cessna 172 Skyhawk, the Piper PA44 Seminole, and the Canadair Regional

AD NUMBER: 2004-03-33

MANUFACTURER: Airbus SUBJECT: Pitot Probes SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Airbus Model A300 B2 and B4 series airplanes; Model A300 B4-600, A300 B4-600R, and A300 F4-600R series airplanes (collectively called A300-600); Model A310 series airplanes; Model A319, A320, andA321 series airplanes; Model A330-301, -321, -322, -341, and -342 airplanes; and Model A340 series airplanes. This AD requires, among other actions, replacement of certain pitot probes with certain new pitot probes.