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House approves six-month FAA funding extension -- The House approved a bill on Monday to extend federal aviation funding, which is currently set to expire on Wednesday, until March 2016. The measure, introduced on Friday by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), was approved by the lower chamber on a voice vote Monday afternoon in an effort to prevent an interruption in the Federal Aviation Administration's funding midweek. Keith Laing/The Hill
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FAA nightmare: A million Christmas drones -- A top FAA official has said as many as one million small UAVs could be sold during the upcoming U.S. holiday season. Speaking at the Airlines for America (A4A) Commercial Aviation Industry Summit in Washington, Swayze said FAA is trying to get in front of the sales surge to inform the public about safety issues associated with small UAVs. "We're trying to get out and educate people about potential dangers," he said. Aaron Karp/Aviation Daily
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Controlled chaos heard during Aurora FAA facility fire -- The controlled chaos that erupted inside an air traffic control center in Aurora last fall is heard through recordings as thousands of flights were delayed or cancelled for 17 days, all because of one man's failed suicide attempt. It started like any other day, with air traffic controllers choreographing a ballet in the skies, and directing planes heading to and from Chicago and across the Midwest. Then everything went dark. Radar was off-line. Automated systems were down. Audio released by their union reveals controllers were not even sure if pilots could hear them. ABC7 Chicago
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John Wayne Airport posts August 2015 statistics -- Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport increased in August 2015 when compared to August 2014. In August 2015, the Airport served 936,949 passengers, an increase of 12.2% when compared with the August 2014 passenger traffic count of 834,765. Commercial aircraft operations increased 8.0%, while commuter aircraft operations stayed the same when compared to August 2014 levels. JWA News Release
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Long Beach Airport to host one of the fastest-growing trade shows in the States -- 2,000 airport officials will make their way to Long Beach next week for the 2015 Airports Council International - North America (ACI-NA) Annual Conference & Exhibition to be held at the Long Beach Convention Center, the City of Long Beach announced Monday. Officially hosted by the Long Beach Airport and held October 4 through 7, the event focuses on modern trends in the commercial aviation industry and is one of the largest of its kind worldwide. Asia Morris/Long Beach Post Conference Website
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Long Beach awarded $3.9M grant in wake of C-17 plant closure -- Long Beach has received a $3.9 million Department of Defense grant to help city officials cope with the end of C-17 Globemaster III production in the city. The Pacific Gateway Workforce Development Board will help to administer the grant, according to a City Hall announcement. Boeing Co. is the process of wrapping up C-17 production in Long Beach. The aerospace firm delivered the last of eight C-17's built for Australia's air force earlier this month. Andrew Edwards/Long Beach Press-Telegram
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Star of Spanish-language show 'Larrymania' arrested at Ontario airport -- Mexican regional singer who stars in a Spanish-language TV show was arrested at Ontario Airport on a warrant out of South Carolina, authorities said Monday. Larry Hernandez, 38, was taken into custody on suspicion of kidnapping, assault and assault and battery causing injury, said Los Angeles airport police spokesman Rob Pendregon. Hernandez had been scheduled to fly on Southwest Airlines from Ontario to Denver on Friday but was stopped and arrested at the gate, he said. Joseph Serna/Los Angeles Times
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Record number of guns found in U.S. airport searches: TSA -- U.S. airport security agents discovered a record 67 firearms in luggage passengers intended to carry on to airplanes during one week in September, according to the Transportation Security Administration. Of the 67 firearms found during the week ended Sept. 17, 56 were loaded and 26 had a round in the chamber, the TSA reported. The tally set a new weekly record. The prior record was 65 firearms found during a week in May 2013, TSA said. For the most recent week, ending Sept. 24, TSA said it found 64 firearms in carry-on bags at airports. Carey Gillam/Reuters
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Ex-firefighter with knife in his truck got onto tarmac at JFK Airport where Pope Francis' plane had been parked: sources -- A former firefighter with a demented desire to meet the Pope - and a foot-long hunting knife in his SUV - managed to breach security at Kennedy Airport and drive out onto the tarmac where the papal plane had been parked. But Francis was already in Philadelphia when 39-year-old Christopher Cannella allegedly pulled the stunt on Saturday, sources said Monday. "I want to change the world," the Long Island resident later told investigators. Rocco Parascandol, Tina Moore, Chelsia Rose Marcius & Corky Siemaszko/New York Daily News
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Ghost airport? $313 million Illinois airfield struggles to keep flights -- A little-used southern Illinois air strip once touted as a competitor to the St. Louis area's primary airport is rolling the dice that new Las Vegas service will help stem nearly two decades of financial losses. Mid America Airport has seen a succession of carriers come and go - and go belly up- since its 1997 opening. The airport 25 miles east of downtown St. Louis now has only low-cost Allegiant Air serving two Florida cities twice each week. Twice-weekly service to Vegas begins in November. Alan Scher Zagier/AP
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United CEO Oscar Munoz - The airline industry wants to hear from you -- Former United CEO Jeff Smisek had been scheduled to speak Monday at the Washington, D.C. commercial aviation summit presentation by Airlines for America, the industry trade group, but his sudden resignation three weeks ago forced a change in plans. Oscar Munoz, Smisek's replacement at United, isn't going to appear in Washington either, meaning it will take more time for the industry to get a sense of who Munoz is and what he will do to erase the perception that United ranks a well-established third among the big three airlines. Ted Reed/The Street
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New United Airlines CEO pours out his thoughts in a letter to employees -- Three weeks into his new job as United Airlines CEO, Oscar Munoz is still in his meet-and-greet mode as he makes the rounds at Chicago-based United listening to and addressing thousands of United workers. In a note to employees late last week, Munoz said his conversations so far have helped him reach several conclusions, including a need to review every contract with outside management consultants to see if they are creating value and helping move the airline forward. Lewis Lazare/Chicago Business Journal
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United Airlines faces steep ascent in not-so-friendly skies -- Stepping off his recent flight from Boston at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, education consultant Debashis Sengupta looked a little surprised. "The flight today was actually quite nice," says Sengupta. "No problems at all, in fact - not something I was expecting from United." This frequent flier says an uneventful, on-time flight on United is the exception, not the rule. "I'm not a fond customer of United at all," says Sengupta, 53, of West Newton, Mass. David Schaper/NPR
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Airways News High Flyer interview: Rajan Goswami, Delta Air Lines -- Ranjan Goswami was promoted to vice president, sales - west at Delta Air Lines in December 2014. In that position, he is responsible for Delta's West Region, including Los Angeles, along with other strategic markets: Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Denver and Phoenix. He also manages Delta's marketing efforts and coordinates relationships with Delta's alliance partners in the region. Benet J. Wilson/Airways News
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Republic Airways' showdown with its pilots may be about to end -- Finally, Republic Airways and International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 357 have ironed out a tentative contract acceptable to both sides. Local 357 represents some 2,100 Republic pilots who operate regional flights for United Airlines, American Airlines and Delta Air Lines. The new tentative contract announced Monday afternoon comes more than a month after Republic presented what the regional carrier described as its last, best and final offer to Local 357 pilots at a showdown meeting in Washington, D.C. Lewis Lazare/Chicago Business Journal
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Student loans could help avert U.S. airline pilot shortage: union head -- The head of the world's largest pilots union urged the airline industry on Monday to find ways to alleviate the rising costs of aviators' schooling, saying a shortage of regional airline pilots looms in the United States. The expensive education required to become a pilot, coupled with the low wages and benefits of entry-level jobs, is deterring the next generation of pilots from entering the profession, Tim Canoll, president of the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), said in an interview. Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters
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FAA fines Sun Country $115K; lax drug, alcohol testing alleged -- Federal aviation authorities announced Monday that they are fining Twin Cities-based Sun Country Airlines nearly $115,000, alleging that it violated drug and alcohol screening requirements for a pilot and other employees in safety-sensitive positions. The pilot flew for seven months without being made eligible for required random drug and alcohol testing, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Paul Walsh/Minneapolis Star Tribune
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2 Southwest Airlines planes bump at Sea-Tac Airport -- A Southwest Airlines jet struck another of the carrier's aircraft at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport early Monday morning as they were being prepared to be towed to the gates to pick up passengers and crew. Nobody was hurt in the slow-moving crash, said Perry Cooper, airport spokesman. Cooper likened the 6:30 a.m. mishap to "taking the emergency brake off your car and slowly bumping into the car parked in front of you." The incident occurred in a cargo area where planes are parked overnight. Jennifer Sullivan/Seattle Times
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Rockwell Collins: Expect weak market for business aviation in 2016 -- Business aviation continues to experience weak market conditions. That's the outlook from Rockwell Collins as the avionics and electronics company releases its 2016 fiscal year guidance. "At this time, we don't expect to see these conditions improve significantly in the next year," the company said in its 2016 financial guidance. "So we are resetting our near-term expectations for that business." Its guidance incorporates Bombardier's previously announced production rate reduction on its Global 5000/6000 aircraft. Molly McMillin/The Weekly of Business Aviation
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