Hudson Crash Bares Friction Between Safety Board and F.A.A. - NYTimes.com
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 »
Posted by Samuel W. Velsor IV
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.