By Chris Oswald Mike O’Donnell, Manager of the FAA Office of Airports Safety & Standards, spent sometime with ACI-NA’s Ops/Tech and Environmental Affairs Committees today and provided updates on several key FAA initiatives: Safety Management Systems (SMS), airport geographic information systems (AGIS) and wildlife hazard management. Regarding SMS, Mike walked the Ops/Tech Committee through the [...]
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What’s New With FAA? SMS, Airport GIS, and Wildlife
Posted by webmaster on September 25, 2010
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/09/25/what%e2%80%99s-new-with-faa-sms-airport-gis-and-wildlife/
10 Airports Participating in FAA Sustainability Pilot
By Jessica Steinhilber At today’s Environmental Affairs Pre-Conference Seminar, FAA’s Patrick Magnotta discussed a pilot program FAA is funding focused on airport sustainable master plans. The pilot is part of an overall mission to make sustainability a core planning objective for airports. FAA is providing AIP funding to 10 airports that will have 2 years [...]
Posted by webmaster on September 25, 2010
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/09/25/10-airports-participating-in-faa-sustainability-pilot/
ACI-NA Kicks-Off Annual Conference with GRI Sustainability Workshop
By Chris Oswald ACI-NA’s Jessica Steinhilber got things started in Pittsburgh with a workshop on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Guidelines for Airports. The Global Reporting Initiative is a network-based organization that has pioneered the development of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting framework and is committed to its continuous improvement and application worldwide. [...]
Posted by webmaster on September 24, 2010
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/09/24/aci-na-kicks-off-annual-conference-with-gri-sustainability-workshop/
Portland International Jetport Is A Growing Concern
By Jane Calderwood While in Maine last week, I went to visit Paul Bradbury, Director of the Portland International Jetport (PWM). Having worked closely with PWM in the mid-90s during their last major expansion project (while working for Maine Senator Olympia Snowe), I couldn’t resist the opportunity to get a first hand look at the [...]
Posted by webmaster on August 31, 2010
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/08/31/portland-international-jetport-is-a-growing-concern/
Alaska Airlines Evaluates Pulsed Landing Lights to Mitigate Bird Hazards
At a recent meeting of the Commercial Aviation Safety Team, Linda Chism of Alaska Airlines described their evaluation of pulsed wingtip landing lights to mitigate bird hazards. Between Oct. 2008 and Oct. 2009, Alaska Airlines experienced 309 bird strikes. These strikes were reported by flight crews on walk-around, by mechanics or by pilots as in-flight [...]
Posted by webmaster on August 5, 2010
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2010/08/05/alaska-airlines-evaluates-pulsed-landing-lights-to-mitigate-bird-hazards/