Transportation Secretary nominee Ray LaHood has already weighed in on a matter under DOT review: whether to grant antitrust immunity to an American Airlines-British Airways-& co. transatlantic alliance. He’s in favor, but will likely have to recuse himself from any involvement. [WSJ Middle Seat Terminal, Things with Wings]
Acting FAA administrator Robert Sturgell will step down [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Conflict of interest, FAA leadership, and more
Posted in Daily Departures on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Try, try again: McCain introduces bill to lift DCA perimeter
Posted in Evan's News and Quick Takes on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Tuesday, Senators John McCain and John Ensign introduced the Abolishing Aviation Barriers Act, which would lift the 1,250-mile flight perimeter rule at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and would end federal support for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s 1,500-mile perimeter rule at LaGuardia Airport. This is an old hobbyhorse of [...]
Hunting cattle: more (non)Essential Air Service
Posted in Evan's Commentary on January 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If your dollars and mine weren’t at stake, I would probably have to refrain from criticizing or poking fun at the Essential Air Service. It’s like hunting cattle: it’s just not very sporting. That said, Ben Mutzabaugh shares a doozy of an EAS grant over at Today in the Sky. Hagerstown, Maryland, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, [...]
Hey Lexington, oversight much?
Posted in Evan's Commentary on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Out of Lexington, Ky., (h/t to Erin Lamos) comes the jaw-dropping news, reported over the past six weeks in the Lexington Herald-Leader, of the Blue Grass Airport director’s wildly excessive and inappropriate spending — and the lack of oversight that allowed him to get away with it for two years.
On November 23, Jennifer Hewlett reported [...]
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