Blaming General Aviation Won't Fix Airspace Safety
The Cerritos mid air collision shows safety gains in general aviation but argues against knee jerk bans. It notes GA flights share small portions of totals at major airports, emphasizes human error over flawed rules, and urges continued improvements alongside FAA requirements.
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U.S
United States
Cerritos
Los Angeles
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O’hare
Atlanta Hartsfield
New York City
Dallas
Denver
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National Transportation Safety Board
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
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Aviation safety reform proposals urged by AOPA president
John Baker argues for immediate safety measures including stricter pilot rules, altitude reporting transponders, expanded NTSB review, FAA modernization, reliever airports, and freeing the Aviation Trust Fund from political control to fund needed safety upgrades. Baker heads the 260000 member AOPA.
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FAA
Aviation Trust Fund
Helms CIA spat escalates over Team B demand and leaks
The CIA shared overheard talks from Chile with State sparking scrutiny by Sen. David Durenberger and Justice Department inquiry. Helms denounced the probe and pressed for a new outside Team B like a decade ago, prompting a list of agency questions and heightened Senate oversight.
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State Department
Jesse Helms
Pinochet
State
Helms
Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
David Durenberger
R-Minn
Justice Department
William Casey
Stephen Engelberg
New York Times
Bill Casey
Senate
CIA beheading revelation stirs Panama Noriega debate
William Safire notes CIA knowledge of Hugo Spadafora’s February beheading and pressure to publish reports on Noriega’s repressive F-8 force. He highlights a Congressional Record list of 32 intelligence issues, including underestimation of Soviet submarine capabilities, urging Congress oversight and disclosure to prevent further security lapses.
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Hugo Spadafora
Manuel Noriega
Noriega
Jesse
Langley
Congressional
Poe
United States
State Department
KGB
Potomac
National Foreign Intelligence Board
Naval Intelligence
Walker
Congress
Three common mistakes in writing and phrasing
A discussion of frequent errors in language usage and headline style. It covers misread names such as Guinevere variants, the shift from verb to noun to ease reader sense, and grammar rules like comprise versus consists, with examples of how editors handle ellipses and misprints.
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