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Pilot's Bill of Rights
by Dave Alden
(Legal.com - August 8, 2012) President Obama signed into law the Pilot's Bill of Rights which modifies the procedural steps that must be followed by the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") when conducting a legal enforcement (certificate) action against an individual who is the subject of an investigation relating to the approval, denial, suspension, modification, or revocation of an airman certificate. Among other things, the new law requires the FAA to
Read more: Pilot's Bill of Rights737 Fuselage tears, Flight 812 Diverts to Yuma
Legal.com - Dave Alden - April 3, 2011. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a rupture of the aircraft skin at the top of the cabin of this Boeing 737 being operated on April 1, 2011 as Southwest Airlines flight 812, during a scheduled flight from Phoenix, AZ (PHX) to Sacramento, CA (SMF). The pilots declared an emergency, diverted and landed safely in Yuma, AZ. Read more: 737 Fuselage tears, Flight 812 Diverts to Yuma
What Happened to Air France 447?
June 14, 2009 Legal.com
Updated: June 18, 20, 29, July 7; August 16 and 31, 2009
by Dave Alden
On June 1, 2009, an Airbus A330-200 registration F-GZCP, similiar to the one depicted below, being operated by Air France, disappeared approximately four hours into a flight between Rio de Janeiro and Paris.
Read more: What Happened to Air France 447?49 CFR 821.33 Stale Complaint Rule
In Administrator v. Armstrong, the NTSB relied upon its 2003 holding in Ramaprakash, restating Rule 33 which requires the FAA to provide notice of a proposed certificate action to the respondend within six month of an alleged incident or violation. The full text of the NTSB's 2012 opinion follows.
Read more: 49 CFR 821.33 Stale Complaint RuleAir France 447 Recorder Found
May 2, 2011 Legal.com, by Dave Alden, Updated June 4, 2011
The French Bureau of Investigations and Analysis (BEA) announced the recovery of the flight data recorder (FDR) and data/memory component from Air France flight 447, lost with all aboard on June 1, 2009 over the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 600 miles northeast of Brazil.
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