Donald Trump's Jet Grounded Over Lapsed $5 Registration
This week, the Federal Aviation Administration grounded Donald Trump’s Cessna Citation X business jet, which flew as recently as Monday despite being unregistered since January 31.
Donald Trump's Cessna Is Not Registered to Fly
According to records maintained by the Federal Aviation Administration, one of Donald Trump’s airplanes—his 1997 Cessna 750 Citation X jet, which flew as recently as Monday—is not actually registered to fly. The lapsed registration was first reported by the New York Times.
Southwest Refused Woman's Plea to Call Her Husband Before His Suicide
A Southwest Airlines passenger says she found out her husband was planning to commit suicide just moments before her flight took off, but flight attendants prevented her from calling him, citing FAA regulations. By the time she got home, he had been found dead.
Flight Attendants Fail to Wrest Back Their Right to Give You a Hard Time
A DC Court of Appeals just told the Association of Flight Attendants in no uncertain terms that their electronic device power trip is donezo.
FAA Allows Portable Electronic Devices to Be Used During Entire Flight
The Federal Aviation Administration today made historic changes to its longstanding Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs) policy, officially allowing airlines to grant passengers permission to use PEDs "during all phases of flight."
A Federal Aviation Administration committee recommended Thursday that passengers be allowed to use smartphones, iPads, Kindles, etc., during takeoffs and landings as long as they're switched to airplane mode. It's now up to FAA officials to accept—and it's largely expected they will—the committee's recommendations.
FAA Will Relax Totally Useless, Completely Infuriating Electronics Ban
The FAA, finally admitting what everyone else has known all along, is slated to scale back its draconian electronics policy. The only surprise is why it took so long, since the gadgets ban never actually accomplished anything in the first place.
'Harlem Shake' Finally Gets the Federal Investigation It Deserves
The meme that's made Bauuer's incorrectly named "Harlem Shake" the number one song in America two weeks in a row is finally getting the federal investigation it deserves. Sort of. One of the more recent versions of the meme, made by the Colorado College Ultimate Frisbee Team – takes place aboard a Frontier Airlines…
The FAA is grounding all U.S.-registered Boeing Dreamliner jets. If this is the "aircraft of the future," we're screwed.
The FAA Is Rubbing Alec Baldwin's Face In It
Thrown off a plane. Subject to a proposed boycott. And now this, a final humiliating insult to Alec Baldwin, for playing an iOS app when he shouldn't have: The Federal Aviation Administration says the actor's airline nemeses can use iPads in flight, even while prohibiting Baldwin from doing the same thing.
Sexxxy Skydivers Broke No Rules, Says FAA
Remember our pals Alex Torres the porn actor and his receptionist friend Hope Powell, who did sex during a skydiving trip, posted a video of their shenanigans on the Internet, and caught the attention of the Federal Aviation Administration? The FAA has concluded its investigation of their adventurous mating habits and…
FAA Investigating Skydiving Porn
Alex Torres (born: Alexandre Boisvert; aliases: VooDoo Child, Voodoo, Voo Doo, Lex) is a French Canadian skydiver and porn actor currently living in California, who wanted to get the attention of Howard Stern. So he shot a video (NSFW link here), set to Katy Perry's "E.T.", of him having sex with Hope Howell, a…
Southwest Pilot Accidentally Broadcasts Misogynistic, Homophobic Rant
A Southwest Airlines pilot has been suspended after he accidentally broadcast his conversation about the "fags" and "grannies" that he works with as flight attendants. This man should really never be allowed to fly a plane again.
WWSD? Captain Sully Concerned About Air Safety
Air travel in America is becoming increasingly scary, with napping air traffic controllers, First Lady near misses, and so on. Who can we turn to in these trying times? Heh, we should be ashamed for posing such a rhetorical question. The Daily Beast caught up with the only man we need to hear from, Captain Chesley…
There's a Law Protecting Your Airplane Peanuts
The Department of Transportation is facing some big issues in the friendly skies these days, like sleeping air traffic controllers and the safety of First Lady Michelle Obama. But one issue stands apart: your right to eat nuts on an airplane.
FAA's Air Traffic Chief Quits to Take Much-Needed Nap
Hank Krakowski, the FAA's top air traffic control official, resigned today after a fifth air traffic controller was caught sleeping on the job in just the past four months.
Another Air Traffic Controller Caught Napping
We officially have a trend on our hands: Another air traffic controller was found sleeping on the job yesterday, this time in Reno, Nevada. And the flight yesterday was an airborne ambulance, and the pilot was forced to land on his own. It's only taken several high profile incidents similar to yesterday's to get the…
Air Traffic Controller Brought Blankets for Work Naps
Remember the air traffic controller who fell asleep at the controls on the graveyard shift in DC last month, forcing a pilot to land a passenger jet on his own? Well, there seems to be somewhat of a pattern developing here: FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt testified at a congressional hearing about the incident…
Feds Missing 'Key Data' on One-Third of U.S. Planes
The FAA doesn't have important registration information for some 119,000 airplanes—about one-third of all planes in the U.S—thanks to missing or invalid forms. But they're just planes, right! I mean, what could possibly happen?
Air Traffic Controllers are Making a Lot More Mistakes These Days
Afraid of flying? Well, here are some figures that should make that fear a little worse: Mistakes by air traffic controllers in the past year are up 51%. Don't worry, the FAA says that's because they keep better records now.
