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NATCA DAILY PRESS CLIPPINGS Monday, January 30, 2017

POLITICO PRO TRANSPORTATION FAA safety head to retire

FAA PRESS RELEASE FAA Reaches Settlement Agreement with City of Santa Monica

HOUSE TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE First Hearing of the 115th Congress to Explore What is Needed to Build a 21st Century Infrastructure for America

WABE RADIO (ATLANTA) Hartsfield-Jackson Again Named Busiest U.S. Airport

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POLITICO PRO TRANSPORTATION: FAA safety head to retire

Peggy Gilligan, the FAA's associate administrator for aviation safety, told top FAA brass this morning that she is retiring.

"I have had the great good fortune to be a part of the FAA and the Aviation Safety organization during some of the most challenging — and most successful — times," Gilligan wrote in an internal email obtained by POLITICO.

"I am proud to have been a part of the safest time in this community and will watch closely as all of you build on the legacy we inherited from those who came before us. Thank you for letting me lead this outstanding organization and thank you for all you do for aviation safety every day."

Gilligan has served in her current role since 2009, though she has been with the FAA in one capacity or another since 1980.

She will retire effective March 31.

NATCA DAILY PRESS CLIPPINGS Tuesday, January 31, 2017

POLITICO PRO TRANSPORTATION Larsen: House plans five FAA hearings starting soon

THE ECONOMIC TIMES This space radio could help track every flight in real time

USA TODAY Ask the Captain: What will air travel look like in 20 years?

GOVEXEC.COM Bill Would Give Federal Employees a 3.2 Percent Pay Raise in 2018

BLOOMBERG Trump’s bid to slash regulations faces bureaucratic roadblocks (FAA included)

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POLITICO PRO TRANSPORTATION: Larsen: House plans five FAA hearings starting soon

The House Transportation Committee is planning five hearings on reauthorizing the FAA, Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) said this evening.

Larsen, the Aviation subcommittee's top Democrat, said the hearings have not been scheduled yet but will probably start "next month at the earliest." He said the hearings would address each major section of the bill, including "funding, certification, drones and air traffic control privatization."

Larsen also said that he expected the conversation around separating the air traffic control system from the FAA to proceed more or less as it did last year.

"I don't personally believe the House politics have changed at all on ATC privatization," he said, noting that while the plan had significant support on T&I, there was opposition from House tax writers and appropriators.

NATCA DAILY PRESS CLIPPINGS Wednesday, February 1, 2017

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HOUSE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Holds First Hearing of the 115th Congress

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AVIATION INTERNATIONAL NEWS FAA Safety Chief Peggy Gilligan To Retire

NATCA DAILY PRESS CLIPPINGS Thursday, February 2, 2017

DALLAS MORNING NEWS His small plane spewing smoke over Addison, a young pilot has only a moment to act

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker advising White House on how to drastically weaken collective bargaining for federal union members

KERN GOLDEN EMPIRE.COM FAA: Small plane that crashed at Meadows Field cartwheeled several times

LOS ANGELES TIMES New air-traffic control system unlikely to increase noise around Hollywood Burbank Airport, FAA official says

HOUSTON CHRONICLE FAA grounding drones in Houston on Super Bowl Sunday

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FLYING MAGAZINE Bowing to City Pressure, FAA Agrees to Close Santa Monica Airport

AVIATION INTERNATIONAL NEWS Opioids Being Added To FAA Drug-testing Rules

NATCA DAILY PRESS CLIPPINGS Friday, February 3, 2017

UAS MAGAZINE Tiny ADS-B transceiver could provide high-traffic drone solution

SM DAILY JOURNAL.COM (San Francisco Bay Area) Bay Area airports report passenger boom

AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT Irish claim world-first multiple tower remote trial

HAWAII NEWS NOW FAA investigating close call between Hawaiian Air, Makani Kai planes