FAA

[edit] The Mahalo Top 7

1. Official Site: FAA.gov
2. Wikipedia: Federal Aviation Administration
3. Air Travel Consumer Hotline: Report Travel Problems, Concerns & Complaints 
4. TheFederalRegister.com: Federal Aviation Administration
5. Google Video: "Safer Runway With New Technology"
6. FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center is the nation’s premier aviation research and development, test and evaluation facility.
7. Aviation Safety Information Analysis And Sharing System (ASIAS)

[edit] FAA Recent News

• The Palm Beach Post: "FAA Seeks More Federal Money To Manage Crowded Skies"
• Aviation Week: "FAA's New OEP Has Broader Scope, Duration"

[edit] FAA Information and Services

• Airport Flight Delay Information
• Career Opportunities
• Data & Statistics
• Licenses & Certificates
• Media Library
• Online Libraries
• Passenger Information

[edit] FAA Agency Background

• "FAA Historical Chronology, 1926-1996"
• "FAA Official Photo Album"

[edit] FAA Blog Coverage

• USA Today: "Today In The Sky - News And Analysis About Airlines, Airports And Air Travel"  
• The FAA Follies: "All the FAA Madness We Could Fit!"

[edit] FAA Criticism and Controversy

• Office Of New Mexico Governor Press Release: Richardson Criticizes FAA Investigation Of US Airways
• Washington Post: "FAA Managers Destroyed 9/11 Tape"
• YouTube Video: Interview with former FAA Red Team members - Part 1
• YouTube Video: Interview with former FAA Red Team members - Part 2

[edit] FAA Video and Media

• Google Video: Recruiting The Workforce Of Tomorrow
• Google Video: Video Clip Of FAA - NASA Crash Testing
• ANN Podcast: Interview with PATCO President, Ron Taylor

[edit] FAA Timeline

• 1926 - Air Commerce Act: President Calvin Coolidge signed into law the first Federal legislation regulating civil aeronautics.
• 1938 - The Civil Aeronautics Act: transferred the Federal civil aviation responsibilities from the Commerce Department to a new independent agency, the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA).
• 1958 - The Federal Aviation Act of 1958. This legislation transferred CAA's functions to a new independent body, the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA)
• 1967 - The Department of Transportation (DOT) began full operations. The FAA became one of several organizations within DOT and received a new name, Federal Aviation Administration.
• 1970 - The Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 placed the agency in charge of a new airport aid program funded by a special aviation trust fund.
• 1981 - The PATCO Strike: As the result of an illegal strike in August 1981 the government dismissed 11,359 strike participants and decertified PATCO.
• 2001 - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) succeeded FAA as the agency with primary responsibility for civil aviation security.

[edit] FAA in Fiction

• Trancon is a chillingly realistic fictional expose' of the life of an air traffic controller and an airline disaster waiting to happen.
• Powersat the FAA plays a central role in this SciFi thriller.

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