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March 16, 2023
Print Cantwell at Aviation Workforce Hearing Now More Than Ever We Cannot Afford to Leave Good Talent on the Table March 16 2023 Senator also called for FAA to take action on safety measures following...Wednesday s Safety Summit U S Senator Maria Cantwell D Wash Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation discussed the importance of building a pipeline of aviation talent to meet...today s Commerce Committee hearing on strengthening the aviation workforce Over the next 20 years to meet projected growth in commercial aviation we will need 128 000 pilots 134 000 maintenance technicians...
March 16, 2023
Flight Attendants Association of Professional Flight Attendants Together Represent 75 000 Frontline Safety Employees Phil Washington President Biden s nominee to serve as the next FAA Administrator has now...bill we need to ensure there is a strong and permanent leader at the FAA Safety requires leadership vigilance and the entire aviation community fully engaged in our first and most important priority Nelson...FAA Safety Summit saying The Federal Aviation Administration is a massive and complex industry that has been without a Senate confirmed leader for over a year exactly at the time when our aviation systems...
March 16, 2023
Facebook Twitter YouTube Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Pilots and Safety Specialists Tell Commerce Committee Phil Washington Has What it Takes to Lead FAA March 16 2023 Today...during the Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation hearing on strengthening the aviation workforce Capt Jason Ambrosi President of the Air Line Pilots Association International which represents...more than 67 000 pilots at 39 airlines and David Spero National President of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists AFL CIO which represents more than 11 000 public servants at the FAA and DOD expressed...
March 10, 2023
Releases Print Largest Airline Workers Union Says Phil Washington is the Leader FAA Needs to Ensure Safety Competitiveness March 10 2023 WASHINGTON D C Transport Workers Union of America TWU the largest airline...service workers mechanics dispatchers pilot simulator instructors and other frontline workers whose safety and careers are under FAA s oversight wrote TWU International President John Samuelson in a letter...senate gov 2023 3 largest airline workers union says phil washington is the leader faa needs to ensure safety competitiveness Home Privacy Policy Facebook Twitter YouTube Whistleblower...
March 9, 2023
Releases Print Cantwell Keeps Commitment to Safety with 737 MAX Oversight Hearing to Ensure Safety Reforms are Being Met March 9 2023 The FAA must lead the world on safety And the FAA must build that workforce...Administrator Billy Nolen today on the status and implementation of aviation safety reforms required in the Aircraft Certification Safety and Accountability Act ACSAA which Congress passed following the tragic...workforce We are here today to measure the FAA s progress in implementing important safety reforms for aircraft accountability safety in the act that was passed following two fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia...
March 8, 2023
of the aviation qualifications needed to effectively lead the agency and publicly endorsed Phil Washington President Biden s nominee to serve as the next Administrator citing his invaluable safety experience...modal transportation experience Ms Daschle led federal affairs for major aviation associations None was a pilot While aviation experience is important this is not limited to flying airplanes they wrote...five confirmed Administrators have been pilots Yet each of us had transportation technology and aviation related backgrounds that prepared us for our jobs All of us understood the importance of building...
March 8, 2023
today s full committee hearing titled the Implementation and Oversight of the Aircraft Certification Safety and Accountability Act Ranking Member Ted Cruz R Texas discussed the FAA s reforms in the wake of...consequences of the FAA s aviation safety mission Soon after the Ethiopian crash I was among the first members of Congress to call for grounding the MAX It needed to be grounded until aviation experts could determine...aircraft in this era of increasing automation In 2020 Congress enacted the Aircraft Certification Safety and Accountability Act ACSAA or ACSAA to require such reforms at the FAA Just this week the FAA proposed...
March 8, 2023
Whistleblower Press Releases Home Newsroom Press Releases Print Cantwell Opening Remarks at MAX Aviation Safety Oversight Hearing March 8 2023 U S Senator Maria Cantwell D Wash Chair of the Senate Committee...FAA Administrator Billy Nolen on the status and implementation of aviation safety reforms outlined in in the Aircraft Certification Safety and Accountability Act ACSAA which Congress passed following the...the tragic 737 MAX crashes Sen Cantwell authored the aviation safety legislation and it was signed into law on December 27 2020 Also below is a full transcript of the Chair s exchanges with Mr Nolen Senator...
March 7, 2023
Leadership to Shore Up Aviation Industry in Crisis Following the U S Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation s hearing on the nomination of Phil Washington for Federal Aviation Administration FAA...Administrator SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement With our nation s aviation system in crisis we need a strong leader like Phil Washington at the helm of the FAA to shore up...for the majority Black brown and immigrant service workers who power our airports At present our aviation system is in a state of constant dysfunction leaving travelers and workers alike to contend with...
March 7, 2023
Republican assertion that running the 3rd largest airport in the nation has nothing to do with safety or aviation During his nomination hearing last week to serve as FAA Administrator Republicans questioned...Airport the 3rd largest airport in the country asserting the job doesn t have anything to do with safety or aviation In a letter to the Committee the President of Airports Council International North America...and more than 400 aviation related businesses refuted Republicans outlining the extensive responsibilities that come with running an airport such as meeting a complex set of FAA safety requirements in order...
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