FAAST Blast —Funding for Future Pilots & Mechanics, How to Avoid Med Certificate Delay from Name Error, How to Talk Like a Pilot
FAAST Blast — Week of January 06 - 12, 2025 Biweekly FAA Safety Briefing News Update FAA Offers Fresh Funding to Inspire Future Pilots & Maintenance Technicians The FAA is helping to develop the next generation of aviation professionals through two grants aimed at creating a more diverse pool of pilots and aviation maintenance technicians. The Aircraft Pilots Workforce Development Grants (www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ang/grants/awd/pilots) fund programs that educate students to become aircraft pilots or unmanned aircraft systems operators. The Aviation Maintenance Technical Workers Workforce Development Grants (www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ang/grants/awd/technical) fund programs that prepare people to be aviation maintenance technicians. Representatives of eligible organizations can submit applications
NEWS FLASH – FSDO Name Change
Help us spread the word! On May 26th, 2019, the Flight Standards District Office formerly known as the DuPage FSDO, will be renamed the Greater Chicago Flight Standards District Office - CHI FSDO . Our contact information is: FAA CHI FSDO 2300 E Devon Ave Suite 261 Des Plaines, IL 60018 847-294-8700 7-AGL-CHI-FSDO@FAA.GOV The official contact person for this project is: Lee Stenson at 847-294-8700 Thank You!
HNL Reef Runway Taxiway Name Changes, 07 OCT 2021
Per the Runway Safety Planning Study at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), DOT-A is implementing Reef Runway Taxiway Signage Improvements. The project will change the Taxiway sign panels in compliance with FAA Taxiway Nomenclature. T he new names are to be installed during the October 6, 2021 evening shift, anticipated to correspond to the Pacific Chart (Pac Chart) Supplement, October 7, 2021, update. POC for questions: Edie Chiu, DOTA Project Manager; eddie.k.chiu@hawaii.gov Phone: (808) 838-8827
KSBA Major Taxiway Name Changes / Construction Notice
Major taxiway nomenclature changes coming to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA), CA, SBA will begin construction on or about April 15, 2024, lasting approximately 14 weeks, to improve various markings, signage, and lighting on the airfield. Concurrent with construction progress, existing taxiways will be renamed to meet FAA standards and to enhance pilot situational awareness.The project will present the following impacts to aircraft operation: SBA airport will be intermittently NOTAM'd closed from 0000 to 0500 local time. Pilots should consider this when selecting alternate airports for flight planning purposes. Incrementally, certain taxiway names will change overnight; for example, taxiway G
Volcano Watch — ʻAilāʻau or Kualoloa? Hawaiian chants suggest lava flow name change
Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. This week's article is by HVO volunteer and naturalist Bobby Camara, with Pualani Kanakaʻole Kanahele and Donald Swanson. Map showing Kualoloa lava flows originating near the summit of Kīlauea, with pre- and post-Kualoloa lava flows shown for context. District boundaries and ahupuaʻa borders are also shown, along with placenames mentioned in text. The broader northeastern trending part of the Kualoloa flow field contains a number of kīpuka, and a lava delta was built, creating ka lae Kaloli, the prominent point