Glenn Gaines' recent post said disciplinary action is essential to prevent violations of fundamental safety rules, and the process begins with "a sell/tell with senior management by the chief."
Secretary Anthony Foxx said the proposed change will save the trucking industry $1.7 billion annually.
The Chemical Safety Improvement Act, a bipartisan agreement, was a welcome surprise from Capitol Hill.
The agency had announced in February that a design error caused cracks in giant concrete pontoons for the new State Route 520 floating bridge across Lake Washington.
The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 included a mandate to do this, with the first report to be provided to Congress by Feb. 14, 2014.
It has added some additional items to its NPRM issued three years ago in response to the latest federal transportation funding law.
The letter from U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, who chairs the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, also cited the devastating Lac Megantic derailment and fire in Canada on July 6.
The agency announced that from April 2012 to March 2013, more than 6,000 unemployed or underemployed Tennessee workers were enrolled in training programs.
FAA Administrator Michael Huerta and the leaders of 11 aviation associations have sent a letter to all U.S.-registered pilots asking them to read prescription labels carefully and talk with their doctors to determine whether drugs they’re taking could impair their performance in the cockpit.
The agency issued them July 18 in response to the fire six days earlier on board an unoccupied Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft parked at London Heathrow airport.
The July 26 event is scheduled to take place at the agency’s headquarters in Frankfort.
The notice of proposed rulemaking would align its regulations with the 2010 Coast Guard Authorization Act.
NTSB's online aviation database shows 143 fatal aviation accidents in the state since the beginning of 2000. Board Member Earl F. Weener, investigating the latest crash, highlighted the challenges in a blog post.
Sunrise Airways, based in Port-au-Prince, announced it is the first Haitian airline ever to gain membership in the foundation.
Some buildings heavily damaged by the fire in the Quebec town sparked by a July 6 train derailment were being demolished Sunday so authorities could continue searching for missing residents.
A final rule available on the agency's website will require them to have an aircraft type rating and hold an Airline Transport Pilot certificate, which requires 1,500 hours as a pilot.
An unattended train carrying crude oil rolled into the town of Lac Megantic, where several railcars derailed and caught fire. Five people are confirmed dead and more than 40 are missing.
After the 48-foot C-Pec sank in the channel on Saturday near Venice, La., about 77 miles south of New Orleans, the Coast Guard closed the Mississippi River to traffic at that point.
Based on its analysis of five near-misses by planes at major U.S. airports, the agency's safety recommendation letter asks FAA Administrator Michael Huerta to make air traffic control changes.
The July 4 holiday period is one of the busiest travel times of the summer. With a transit strike snarling roads in the Bay Area, it may be one of the most crowded in that area.