Regulations and Government
News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.
Ukraine sanctions freeze helicopter OEMs sales, support activities in Russia
There were no distress calls from the pilot of a Pilatus PC-12 before it crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Beaufort, North Carolina.
The U.S. DOT is proposing to amend its drug-testing requirements for pilots to include oral fluid testing in addition to urine testing.
Canada’s Transportation Safety Board reported that preliminary figures show the number of aviation accidents increased last year.
The FAA’s Office of Airports is requesting comments on a draft engineering brief for vertiport and vertistop design standards to accommodate eVTOLs.
Under EU sanctions, lessors have until March 28 to repossess aircraft leased to Russian airlines.
EASA has launched the European Information Sharing and Cooperation Platform on Conflict Zones as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues.
The advanced air mobility sector has seen significant progress on several important milestones since NBAA formed an AAM Roundtable a year ago.
NBAA is working with the FAA to address what it perceives as shortcomings with the Privacy ICAO Address (PIA) program.
After forming a Technical Advisory Board for the Boeing Max recertification, the FAA is expanding that approach to projects involving a range of aircraft.
