Earlier this week, Boeing formally named an initial planning
team tasked with a perhaps unenviable task, akin to reinventing the
wheel. They are the team that will lead development on a
replacement for the venerable 737.
Editor's Note: Our lead story yesterday
concerned reports of an agreement between the FAA and the Air
Transport Association on a user-fee system to fund the national
airspace. We have new information today... that sets the record
straight. Greg Martin speaks for the FAA.
As the Wednesday deadline passed with no deals reached between
Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines, and their respective pilots
unions, the possibility of pilots strikes now looms large over
those proceedings.
Aiming To Reduce Delays -- But Noise Is The Tradeoff
The Federal Aviation Administration is currently accepting
public comment on proposed changes to air traffic patterns over New
York, New Jersey and the Philadelphia region. Those changes are
designed to reduce delays at some of the most congested airports in
the country -- but area residents say if the new routes increase
noise over their homes, they want no part of it.
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