Aviation Daily, November 28, 2014

FAA Nextgen chief Ed Bolton says the agency has a goal of April 2015 for developing a “working-level understanding” of what it wants the National Airspace System (NAS) to look like in the 2030 timeframe “so it can be foundational to the work we’re doing to the build a 2017 budget.”

The U.S. Transportation Department’s (DOT) Office of Inspector General says the FAA has not achieved “large-scale efficiencies, productivity enhancement and cost savings” made possible by reform measures approved by Congress over the past two decades.

Allegiant Air will hire 182 pilots this year—six more than it added in the previous five years combined—and is confident that it will have enough pilots to fly the schedule it wants by March.

BRUSSELS—Aiming to fend off European regulatory attempts that would require airlines to create repatriation funds, International Air Transport Association (IATA) members have agreed on a voluntary arrangement to help passengers affected by airline bankruptcy. Under the new agreement, IATA members flying to, from and within the European Union (EU) will offer so-called rescue fares for the repatriation of passengers unable to return home due to an airline ceasing operations as a result of financial failure.

Qantas says it will cut some Bombardier Q300s and reorganize the rest of its turboprop fleet as part of a significant overhaul of its regional operation. The carrier says it will phase out four Q300s, thereby leaving nine of this type in the QantasLink fleet. Its other turboprops consist of 31 Bombardier Q400s and three Q200s. QantasLink has 18 Boeing 717s in its jet fleet, along with 12 Fokker 100s operated by the Network Aviation subsidiary.

A working group (WG) of aviation safety and flight operations experts has delivered a comprehensive educational tool and training aid designed to help pilots more effectively monitor the most critical phases of flight.

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