WASHINGTON – Los demócratas del Senado quieren que el Secretario de Transporte Sean Duffy detenga los despidos masivos y los despidos en el Departamento de Transporte y están cuestionando el papel de Elon Musk en la estrategia de reducción del departamento. Duffy en su audiencia de nominación el 15...
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Lawmakers demand details on DOT’s workforce cuts
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats want Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to stop mass layoffs and firings at the Department of Transportation and are questioning Elon Musk’s role in the department’s downsizing strategy.
DOT’s roughly 57,000 employees have been among those affected by the sweeping federal workforce reduction mandate initiated during the first weeks of the Trump administration.
“At the Department of Transportation,...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lawmakers-demand-details-on-dots-workforce-cuts
Sensitive DOT documents found vulnerable to hackers
WASHINGTON — Vulnerability tests conducted at the U.S. Department of Transportation revealed that employees’ personal information and other sensitive documents are at risk because of ineffective IT safeguards, according to a federal watchdog.
By using publicly available administrator account credentials, auditors at the department’s Office of Inspector General were able to gain unauthorized access to printers used by employees at DOT’s Federal Highway Administration, according to OIG’s report...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/sensitive-dot-documents-found-vulnerable-to-hackers
DHL, SF Airlines most impacted by 757 freighter crack risk
DHL Express and China-based SF Airlines are most impacted by the discovery of fatigue cracking in Boeing 757-200 aircraft that were converted from passenger to cargo configuration during the past 19 years, according to a FreightWaves analysis.
The Federal Aviation Administration last month issued an airworthiness directive requiring inspections within three months and repair and replacement, where necessary, to the lavatory service panel located on the fuselage bottom of freighters modified by...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dhl-sf-airlines-most-impacted-by-757-freighter-crack-risk
Kalitta Air faces $400,000 penalty for FAA violation
The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a civil penalty of $400,000 against cargo airline Kalitta Air for allegedly operating flights in a prohibited region when certain aircraft have a faulty multimode receiver.
The agency announced Friday that Kalitta Air, based in Ypsilanti, Michigan, used prohibited procedures on 44 flights between late December 2022 and Jan. 26, 2023. The Boeing 777 freighter did not have the required software needed to correct a fault in the navigation equipment....
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/kalitta-air-faces-400000-penalty-for-faa-violation
Asia Pacific Airlines on notice for $2.9 million FAA fine
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a preliminary fine of $2.9 million against Aeromicronesia Inc., a cargo airline based in Guam that does business as Asia Pacific Airlines, for safety violations related to pilot training and equipment.
Asia Pacific Airlines provides scheduled and ad hoc charter service between Guam, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Palau and Honolulu. It has five Boeing 757-200 converted freighters on its registry, but...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/asia-pacific-airlines-on-notice-for-2-9-million-faa-fine
Zipline flies without ground observers: ‘Holy grail’ of drone approvals
This story originally appeared on flyingmag.com.
If a delivery drone flies and nobody is there to see it, did it really fly?
Trick question — the Federal Aviation Administration requires commercial drone operators to station humans on the ground, called visual observers (VOs), to keep an eye on every flight. So, the aircraft technically aren’t allowed to fly where no one sees them.
That is, unless you have a waiver, like the one drone delivery provider Zipline secured in September. On Friday,...
Aviation, trade sectors brace for government shutdown
WASHINGTON — Aviation and logistics industry officials are frustrated with lawmakers’ inability to fund the government beyond this Saturday and say there will be real-world consequences for commerce if agencies are forced to halt all nonessential services at the end of the month.
Airlines will continue to fly and goods will be able to flow through land and sea ports as front-line Customs and Transportation Security Administration personnel stay on the job without pay, but shortages of workers,...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/aviation-trade-sectors-brace-for-government-shutdown
Zipline secures key operational approval for drone package deliveries
This story originally appeared at flyingmag.com.
Drone delivery’s top dog just added a bark to its bite.
Zipline, with 750,000 deliveries and 50 million autonomous miles flown to date arguably making it the industry’s undisputed titan, has received Federal Aviation Administration authorization to remove visual observers (VOs) from its beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations.
The company, which has already taken a massive bite out of the global drone delivery market share, now adds a key...
Flytrex granted FAA approval for long-range commercial drone deliveries
The drone delivery industry, just like the unmanned aircraft that power it, is currently flying well below the stratosphere.
Among the drone firms that have made their 2022 delivery figures public, none eclipsed more than a few thousand deliveries, mainly owing to the Federal Aviation Administration’s stringent regulations around the young industry.
Those rules, designed to ensure the safety and privacy of the public, have limited commercial drone delivery operations to a handful of companies...