http://forums.jetcareers.com/ en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:45:55 GMT vBulletin 250 http://forums.jetcareers.com/images/misc/rss.jpg http://forums.jetcareers.com/ http://forums.jetcareers.com/air-traffic-control-news/98692-familiar-faa-modernization-failures-exposed-thursday-trav.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:35:02 GMT Just hours before the start of one of the busiest air travel weeks of the year, the Federal Aviation Administration’s flawed patchwork network of outsourced and poorly backed-up communications systems of questionable reliability was exposed for the nation... More...... Just hours before the start of one of the busiest air travel weeks of the year, the Federal Aviation Administration’s flawed patchwork network of outsourced and poorly backed-up communications systems of questionable reliability was exposed for the nation...

More... ]]> Air Traffic Control News NewsBot http://forums.jetcareers.com/air-traffic-control-news/98692-familiar-faa-modernization-failures-exposed-thursday-trav.html http://forums.jetcareers.com/air-traffic-control-news/98659-glitch-snarls-nations-air-traffic-chicago-sun-times.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:35:13 GMT ATLANTA -- For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans for the nation's air travel system set off delays and cancellations for passengers around the country.The snarl Thursday -- traced to something as simple as a single circuit board -- prompted calls for more money and manpower at the Federal Aviation Administration, which has ...

More... ]]> Air Traffic Control News NewsBot http://forums.jetcareers.com/air-traffic-control-news/98659-glitch-snarls-nations-air-traffic-chicago-sun-times.html http://forums.jetcareers.com/air-traffic-control-news/98658-raytheon-wins-saudi-arabian-air-traffic-systems-deal-comput.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:35:13 GMT Federal contractor Raytheon has won a contract from Saudi Arabiaâs General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) to provide a nationwide air traffic management system based on cooperative surveillance. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. More...... Federal contractor Raytheon has won a contract from Saudi Arabiaâs General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) to provide a nationwide air traffic management system based on cooperative surveillance. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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More... ]]> Air Traffic Control News NewsBot http://forums.jetcareers.com/air-traffic-control-news/98586-cambodia-bans-thai-aviation-staff-over-thaksin-row-asiaone.html http://forums.jetcareers.com/air-traffic-control-news/98585-raytheon-aids-saudis-air-traffic-officialwire.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:35:11 GMT Defense contractor Raytheon has won a contract from Saudi Arabia to help expand its nationwide air traffic management system. The terms of the deal have yet to be disclosed, but the agreement was announced at an international Air Show, currently taking place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ... Defense contractor Raytheon has won a contract from Saudi Arabia to help expand its nationwide air traffic management system. The terms of the deal have yet to be disclosed, but the agreement was announced at an international Air Show, currently taking place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

More... ]]> Air Traffic Control News NewsBot http://forums.jetcareers.com/air-traffic-control-news/98585-raytheon-aids-saudis-air-traffic-officialwire.html http://forums.jetcareers.com/air-traffic-control-news/98584-cambodia-takes-control-cats-bangkok-post-thailands-en.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:35:11 GMT Cambodia has taken control of Cambodian Air Traffic Services (CATS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Thailand's Samart Corporation, and appointed a senior Civil Aviation official as its temporary caretaker, Samart said in a statement on Thursday.

More... ]]> Air Traffic Control News NewsBot http://forums.jetcareers.com/air-traffic-control-news/98584-cambodia-takes-control-cats-bangkok-post-thailands-en.html http://forums.jetcareers.com/air-traffic-control-news/98583-thai-aviation-staff-banned-straits-times.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:35:11 GMT BANGKOK - CAMBODIA has ordered all Thai air traffic control staff to leave work after one of them was arrested on charges of spying on fugitive Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra, a company letter showed on Thursday. Thai-owned civil aviation company Cambodia Air Traffic Services (CATS), which oversees... BANGKOK - CAMBODIA has ordered all Thai air traffic control staff to leave work after one of them was arrested on charges of spying on fugitive Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra, a company letter showed on Thursday. Thai-owned civil aviation company Cambodia Air Traffic Services (CATS), which oversees Cambodian air space, banned the Thai employees after a Cambodian government official was appointed ...

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More... ]]> Air Traffic Control News NewsBot http://forums.jetcareers.com/air-traffic-control-news/98492-air-transport-association-comments-dot-stakeholder-forum.html http://forums.jetcareers.com/air-traffic-control-news/98445-air-traffic-upgrade-improve-travel-plane-pittsburg.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:35:12 GMT EGG HARBOR, N.J. -- Up in the cockpit, Larry Van Hoy, a Federal Aviation Administration pilot, was flying low-tech. Radar showed a bit of nearby cloud cover, and to learn about other aircraft, he talked to the ground controller or looked out the window. More...... EGG HARBOR, N.J. -- Up in the cockpit, Larry Van Hoy, a Federal Aviation Administration pilot, was flying low-tech. Radar showed a bit of nearby cloud cover, and to learn about other aircraft, he talked to the ground controller or looked out the window.

More... ]]> Air Traffic Control News NewsBot http://forums.jetcareers.com/air-traffic-control-news/98445-air-traffic-upgrade-improve-travel-plane-pittsburg.html http://forums.jetcareers.com/air-traffic-control-news/98416-hudson-air-space-changes-take-effect-thursday-wcbs-tv-new-y.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:35:02 GMT The Federal Aviation Administration says it will carve the crowded airspace over the Hudson River into separate areas for local and long-distance traffic. The change was announced Monday and comes in response to a fatal August collision between a small plane and a sightseeing helicopter over the... The Federal Aviation Administration says it will carve the crowded airspace over the Hudson River into separate areas for local and long-distance traffic. The change was announced Monday and comes in response to a fatal August collision between a small plane and a sightseeing helicopter over the river between New York City and New Jersey.

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More... ]]> Air Traffic Control News NewsBot http://forums.jetcareers.com/air-traffic-control-news/98383-adac-thales-implement-most-advanced-air-traffic-contr.html http://forums.jetcareers.com/air-traffic-control-news/98306-hazza-opens-sheikh-zayed-centre-air-traffic-movement-kh.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:35:06 GMT ABU DHABI - H.H. Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, National Security Advisor, inaugurated the Dh 300 Sheikh Zayed Centre for Air Traffic Movement of the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). More...... ABU DHABI - H.H. Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, National Security Advisor, inaugurated the Dh 300 Sheikh Zayed Centre for Air Traffic Movement of the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).

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