Randy Babbitt News
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A telling image of the development of Boeing Co.’s 787 Dreamliner came in mid-2011, when dozens of them sat, unfinished, crammed into nooks and crannies around Boeing factories and rented tarmacs spread across two states. Concrete blocks hung from their wings to prevent them from tipping because they didn’t have engines to keep them balanced.
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Federal Aviation Administrator Randy Babbitt has taken a leave of absence and his employment status is under review after he was charged with driving while intoxicated Dec. 3, the U.S. Department of Transportation said.
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More than 100 U.S. airport towers and radar rooms have so few flights that they should be shut down late at night under the government’s own guidelines, a move that would save taxpayers $10 million a year.
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Randy Babbitt’s departure from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration comes as the agency debates pilot-fatigue rules and faces a second partial shutdown should Congress allow its funding to expire.
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Airlines and airports must improve communications during storms to prevent more incidents of planes becoming stranded for hours on tarmacs, U.S. Federal Aviation Administrator Randy Babbitt said.
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A second U.S. air-traffic controller who slept on an overnight shift, this time on purpose, is in the process of being fired, Federal Aviation Administration chief Randy Babbitt said.
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Moments before a single-engine aircraft and a helicopter collided over the Hudson River near Manhattan in 2009, an air-traffic controller who should have been advising the plane’s pilot was on the phone, joking with an airport worker about a dead cat.
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Weeks after the lone overnight air- traffic controller at Washington’s Reagan National Airport admitted falling asleep in 2011 as two jetliners approached, five similar incidents emerged.
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The U.S. is seeking to speed installation of a satellite-based system to control airplanes in flight and may offer airlines incentives to add the technology ahead of a 2020 deadline, regulators said.
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Visit the Federal Aviation Administration’s website, and you will be greeted by a short video in which the U.S. agency urges pilots, mechanics, suppliers and aircraft builders to be mindful of passengers’ lives. “We all have to make a commitment to put safety first,” declares FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt.
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