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AVANTAIR
CREW PREVENTS COLLISION AT TEB
(http://www.avweb.com/eletter On Sunday at about 1:20 p.m., the crew of an Avantair ( http://www.avantair.com) Piaggio Avanti P.180 took evasive action during takeoff from New Jersey's Teterboro Airport, averting certain disaster. According to an NTSB preliminary report (http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief tower controller cleared the twin turboprop (N152SL, operating as Avantair Flight 152) to take off on Runway 24 and seconds later cleared a Cirrus SR22 (N6026K) for takeoff on intersecting Runway 19. The NTSB said the crew of the fractional Avanti saw the Cirrus during their departure roll and applied maximum braking, which blew out two of the twin turboprop's tires but slowed the airplane enough to avoid a collision by a mere 50 feet. N512SL eventually came to rest in the intersection, just after the Cirrus safely crossed. According to the NTSB report, "The tower controller stated that he did not see the incursion, so he did not cancel either takeoff clearance." http://www.avweb.com/eletter |
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Controllers and the FAA FAA OFFERS RECRUITING BONUS FOR EXPERIENCED CONTROLLERS (http://www.avweb.com/eletter The FAA is offering experienced air traffic controllers (military or civilian) a $20,000 signing bonus if they'll come back to the console for as little as two years. In an announcement on its own recruiting site (http://jobs.faa.gov/asap federal government's Office of Personnel Management site (http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm 3876&AVSDM=2007%2D06%2D20 control&sort=rv&vw=d&Logo=0 81&SUBMIT1.y=20&ss=0&TabNum=2 the FAA is offering the carrot in what appears to be an attempt to get traffic-ready controllers in position to quell an increasing shortage of veterans. The ad specifies that only those who have worked as fully certified controllers for 52 consecutive weeks in the past two years will qualify for the bonus and that they will undergo training to bring them fully up to speed for the areas they'll work. FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown said the incentive is mainly aimed at attracting military controllers, and she said the competition is intense. The military is offering retention bonuses for its experienced controllers, and the private company that is training new recruits for the FAA is also looking for veterans. "This [the bonus] is just a way of remaining competitive," Brown told AVweb. In the meantime, she said, there is no shortage of raw recruits for entry-level positions and thousands have applied for the trainee jobs offered in a nationwide recruiting program. http://www.avweb.com/eletter |
CONTROLLERS' DISPUTE DELAYS FAA FUNDING BILL (http://www.avweb.com/eletter The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com says Democrats' attempts to turn back the clock on the FAA's relationship with its air traffic controllers are behind the delay in getting the controversial FAA reauthorization bill introduced in the House of Representatives. The bill was expected to be in the House by late last week, but is now anticipated for introduction sometime in the coming week. According to the Post, Democratic members of the House Transportation bill are trying to include language that would roll back the imposed deal on the controllers and force the administration to return to contract bargaining. As AVweb reported (http://www.avweb.com/avwebflas last week, FAA Administrator Marion Blakey has now confirmed that discussions are going on between the FAA and the union to try and resolve outstanding issues that would allow the bill to proceed. "It's one of those things that is a side discussion," she told the Post. "It's unfortunate it is coming into play on the reauthorization bill." http://www.avweb.com/eletter |
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