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ADS-B Intel
Thursday, 04 December 2008
Keeping up with technology is not my strong suit. Ask anybody. As a matter of fact, I'm typing this blog on a laptop that is over four years old. (Oh, woe is me.) Some of the stuff I've been reading about NextGen just didn't compute so I thought I'd brush up on the subject a little.
Specifically, I was having trouble understanding the role of the Ground Based Transceivers in ADS-B and how that tied in...
As the entire planet knows, the USA recently had an election. A few of you also know that Canada had an election too. The US race will result in a change of governing party, but the handover won't occur until January when the president-elect will become the first US president with recent African...
Targeting Chinese university students looking to travel to Europe, Lufthansa has launched a campaign on social networking site Xiaonei. The carrier set up the Lufthansa Study Abroad in Europe Group...
One thing that has never been adequately explained by the FAA’s two most recent Administrators- first, Marion Blakey, and now, Acting Administrator Bobby Sturgell- is why the air traffic controllers have to be the ones to pay for the FAA’s planned NextGen system.
We're supposed to go to Rainbow Lake today, but the customer
doesn't want to go if we can't get back. Rainbow Lake, despite the
lovely name, is a less hospitable place to spend ones free time than
Moose Jaw. Before I understood the customer's priority I said
cheerfully that it wouldn't...
Frequent Traveler's Experience on the Other Side of the Line
Wednesday, 03 December 2008
My name is Christine, and I've worked for TSA for about 3 years now working on the Web team at Headquarters. I spend most of my time doing technical stuff, but I also dabble in some writing. I'm an avid traveler (it's a passion of mine) and I've had the pleasure of going through airport security in...
BEB over at The FAA Follies has been having a really good week with his writing. Today's post is about something that has been going on for years in the FAA. Most managers in the FAA (not all) are barely qualified to work traffic. It was that way most of my career. The problem is, it's getting worse. Take a look. ...
Start with this story. Now, as many know, The Onion is a staple of silly news in the US. Nothing they write is true and typically stories like the linked one are fabulous jokes. The problem with...
I almost hate to bring this up… but it’s past time to do so.
We have a heck of a lot of people in management in the FAA who simply aren’t qualified, by the reckoning of many of us who’re non-supervisory employees.
The earth can be pretty beautiful from 37,000 feet. My last week from Munich to Charlotte had amazing views of the Swiss Alps, Cape Cod, and every major city on the eastern seaboard of the United...
Yesterday, I was reading that President Bush was starting his "victory lap". He's taking a few tours to point out the accomplishments of his Presidency -- before historians start defining it by its failures. I got a chuckle out of the part that said he didn't want to be defined by the Iraq War. Not a problem. He'll be defined by the Iraq War and the "
Lufthansa said Monday it has taken four long-haul aircraft temporarily out of service and that it plans to park a further three planes to counter a drop in demand. Four A300-600s have been grounded...
Arik Air today took delivery of the first of three A345s it has on order from Airbus. The aircraft will be used to launch new service to London Heathrow, New York and Houston.
The main reason I enjoy reading Robert Reich so much is that he's brilliant but he speaks plainly. He seems to have a rare ability to get to the heart of complicated matters and explain them in way that I can understand.
Others, including myself, have been dancing around the issue. We've all been afraid to say the "D" word -- even as we watch the economy continue it's slide. Everyone keeps creeping closer...
Next morning there is no respite on the winds, but the snow has swept through and left Alberta clear. It's threatening to drop the visibility here now, but that's something I can work around. We get a cab back to the airport in early morning darkness. There is no one at
the FBO, but they have...
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