Archive for the ‘air+travel’ Category

NASA refuses to disclose air safety survey

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Anxious to avoid upsetting air travelers, NASA is withholding results from an unprecedented national survey of pilots that found safety problems like near collisions and runway interference occur far more frequently than the government previously recognized.Read the full story

FAA Chief Says Air Travel to Get Worse

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

When Marion C. Blakey took over at the Federal Aviation Administration in 2002, she was determined to fix an air travel system battered by terrorism, antiquated technology, and the ever-turbulent finances of the airline industry. Five years later, as she prepares to step down on Sept. 13, it's clear she ...