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March 30, 2007

Is Overtime Voluntary Or Mandatory? NATCA Would Like To Know

FAA, Controllers Union Disagree On Hours Requirements

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association would like a solid answer on whether overtime is a requirement when working at an FAA facility... or something that is only needed on occasion, and at the controller's discretion.

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Brazil's Varig Sold To Former Rival GOL

Airlines Will Be Maintained Separately

A new Varig has been born... again. Just eight months after the Brazilian carrier was rescued from dissolution by former cargo subsidiary Varilog, this week the airline announced GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes, controlling shareholder of Brazilian low-cost airline GOL Transportes Aereos S.A., agreed to acquire the total share capital of the airline.

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Another Court Rules NWA Flight Attendants Can't Strike

Union's Last Possible Option Is US Supreme Court

In another in a series of legal setbacks for flight attendants at Northwest Airlines, a federal appeals court Thursday upheld a lower court ruling, stating flight attendants cannot legally strike the bankrupt carrier to protest cuts in pay and benefits.

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Researchers Confirm Jet Lag Is Worse On Longer Flights

Add A "More Detailed Understanding" Is Needed

The older you get, the worse the effects from frequent long-haul flights have on your body. That's the summation of a report published Thursday in a British medical journal... adding younger fliers can't escape from the detrimental effects crossing several time zones can have on their bodies, either.

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Nosewheel-Up Landing Ends Safely At SFB

Allegiant MD-80 A Bit Worse For Wear

There were some tense moments onboard an Allegiant Air MD-80 flying from Portsmouth, HN to Orlando-Sanford International Airport Thursday afternoon, when the plane's flight crew detected a hydraulic problem affecting the landing gear about 40 minutes from landing.

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Aero-News Featured Aero-Casts For Friday 03.30.07

Mechtronix's Xavier Herve

ANN Daily Touch N Go: 03.30.07 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News Program) ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 03.30.07 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program) ANN Special Feature -- New Life For Old Cockpits: 03.30.07 (ANN Special Feature, with Xavier Herve of Mechtronix, which rebuilds boneyard cockpits into modern flight simulators.)

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Hawaiian Airlines Finds A Clean Engine Makes For A... Clean Engine

Washing Turbofans Pays Dividends For Carrier

Hawaiian Airlines may soon proudly tout it has the cleanest 767s in the business... or at least the cleanest engines. The airline announced this week it has extended a contract with Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners to wash the engines on its 767 fleet for one year, through March 2009.

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Drunken Rage Results In $12,000 Fine For Passenger

Also Faces Potential Lawsuit From Airline

Paul Randall Burns, a 47-year-old Florida resident, was fined $12,000 Thursday for an incident of air rage on a Continental Airlines flight earlier this week. Burns pleaded guilty to one charge of violating the Aeronautics Act for "endangering the safety and security of an aircraft in flight."

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Qantas' JetStar Increases Size Of Airbus Fleet

Purchases More A320s; Mainline Operation Moves 767 To Domestic Routes

Australian carrier Qantas -- involved in a full blown war between its low cost JetStar subsidiary, and rivals Virgin Blue and newcomer Tiger Airways -- made a move Thursday to assert dominance in the segment.

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The Dreamliner Bandwagon Continues, A Few Planes At A Time

Orders Bring Total To Date To 491

Regardless of whether you're a Boeing fan or an Airbus aficinado, you have to respect the number of orders the American planemaker has attracted with its upcoming 787... a plane that is still months away from its first flight.

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