Hudson Crash Bares Friction Between Safety Board and F.A.A. - NYTimes.com

New York Times by Al Baker | Aug. 14, 2009 (News Report)

In 2007, the agency, the National Transportation Safety Board, told the Federal Aviation Administration that it wanted to require air-tour operators to track complaints about pilot performance. This year, it said instruments to track a flight’s vital signs — flight data recorders — should be customary in helicopters and other tour aircraft, to aid in investigating fatal accidents. Full Story »

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 by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Aug. 15, 2009

We need much more information on this matter as it is the safety of the traveling public; who knew the FAA has been sitting on it hands. This is pure journalism to expose a government agency when it is not doing its job.

It would be nice if the none actions of the FAA got the attention of the White House- just maybe this will. More then 10 years for the FAA to take action on NTSB regulation requests is worse then bad.

Deborah A. P. Hersman, the safety board chairwoman, in an interview Thursday sharply criticized a process that, she said, sometimes takes “2 years, 4 years, 10 years” ... More »

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