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August 31, 2011

Air Canada FAs Union Rejects Contract Offer

Labor Action Could Come To A Vote Next Month

Air Canada Flight Attendants have rejected a tentative agreement reached with Air Canada. After ten days of voting, 87.8 per cent of CUPE members of the union’s Air Canada Component voted against the tentative agreement.

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DOT Fines JetBlue For Violating Price Advertising Rules

Fares Posted On Websites Did Not Include Taxes Or Fees

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined JetBlue Airways $50,000 for violating federal aviation laws and the Department’s rules prohibiting deceptive price advertising in air travel. “When passengers shop for an airline ticket, they have a right to know the full price they will have to pay,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

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Sikorsky & FlightSafety Int'l To Train Mechanics In Asia

Companies Will Conduct Training For Customers In Pacific Rim

Sikorsky Helitech, a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, has announced the signing of an agreement with FlightSafety International to provide maintenance training for customers in the Asia Pacific area. The three-year agreement is the first of its kind to offer Pratt & Whitney Canada Aircraft Engine maintenance training in the region.

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Runway Status Lights Coming Soon To A Major Airport Near You

Switched Automatically From Airport Surface Surveillance Systems

The FAA has published an advisory circular to update pilots on the installation of Runway Status Lights (RWSL). RWSL are a series of red in-pavement lights that warn pilots of high-speed aircraft or vehicles on runways which operate independently of Air Traffic Control.

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TSA Employee Charged With Lewdness With A Child

Accused In At Least Ten Instances Since Last Year

It was disconcerting to learn that convicted sexual predators could be hired as TSA screeners, provided the convictions weren't recent. It became a bigger issue for some when invasive hand pat-downs began, and were applied even to young children. A few TSA employees have been charged with inappropriate acts involving minors. Now, it's happened again.

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Libyan Rebels Won't Extradite Al-Megrahi

'It Was Gadhafi Who Handed Over Libyan Citizens'

Any thoughts that the new government being set up by Libyan rebels will work better with the west are fading. Last week, the rebels announced their new constitution will be based on the principles of Sharia law. On Sunday, the transitional government's justice minister, Mohammed al-Alagi, announced that the new regime will not extradite Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence officer who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.

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Air Transport Association Calls For National Airline Policy

Urges FAA To Step Up Implementation Of New Air Traffic Procedures

Airline industry trade group ATA issued a call Monday for the FAA to accelerate its timetable for implementing new and more efficient air traffic procedures, a key pillar of a needed National Airline Policy. "Near-term FAA action will help government focus on priorities that can provide immediate economic – and importantly – customer-service benefits," said ATA President and CEO Nicholas E. Calio in a speech to the Boyd Group International Aviation Forecast Summit.

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Airports Urge DOT To Deny Delta/US Airways Slot Swap Request

ACI-NA Submits Comments In Delta Air Lines/US Airways Proceeding And Petition For Waiver

Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA) has submitted comments in response to the DOT's Notice on its grant of the joint petition of Delta Air Lines’ and US Airways’ slot swap at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) and New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA).

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