Federal Aviation Administration
The FAA is on the leading edge of a new frontier in commercial space transportation, building the next generation (NextGen) of satellite-based navigation systems, and fostering the safe integration of unmanned aerial systems into our airspace. We can only dream of what the next 50 years of American ingenuity will look like, but FAA employees will be working to ensure that the United States continues to lead the world in aerospace safety, innovation and advancements that continue to push the limits of science and technology. The FAA is an operating administration within the Department of Transportation (DOT) and a proud partner in the DOT mission to serve the United States by ensuring a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system that meets our vital national interests and enhances the quality of life of the American people, today and into the future. Specifically, the FAA mission is to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world.www.faa.gov
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Sep 13, 2026
Secondary barriers: 5 essential measures to protect the fleet
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Its purpose is not to replace the reinforced door or the work of cabin crew members, but to add another preventive layer at one of the aircraft's most sensitive points, a regulation limited to newly manufactured aircraft.
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The U.S. Congress instructed the authorities to address this shortcoming through Section 336 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018.
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The regulatory response arrived in 2023 when the Federal Aviation Administration published a rule intended to protect the flight deck against potential intrusion while its door is open.
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The text published in the Federal Register requires secondary barriers to be installed and used on certain newly manufactured transport category aircraft intended for scheduled passenger operations in the United States.
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Consequently, two passengers flying with the same airline on a similar route may encounter different levels of protection based solely on the age of the aircraft assigned to their flight.
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Secondary barriers will spread at the pace of fleet renewal, a process that could take one or two decades.
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The challenge of retrofitting the operational fleet, the Airline Pilots Association, International, ALPA, an organization representing more than 80,000 pilots in the United States and Canada, is calling on the FAA to extend the requirement to aircraft already in service.
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The Union's position is based on a straightforward argument.
Mega Edition: Who was Visiting Jeffrey Epstein While He was Locked Up In Florida? (9/13/26)
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She now goes by the name Sarah Kensington and is married to NASCAR driver Brian Vickers.
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Nadia Marcinkova is now a certified FAA pilot and flight instructor.
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Neither Kellan nor Marcinkova have been criminally charged.
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A non-prosecution agreement that Epstein signed with federal prosecutors in Miami in 2007 explicitly said that his alleged co-conspirators would not be criminally charged.
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Were those conversations recorded? If so, where are the tapes? Kellen, according to a court document obtained by the Daily Beast, was one of Epstein's closest aides in the 2000s.
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She now goes by the name Sarah Kensington and is married to NASCAR driver Brian Vickers.
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Marcinkova is now a certified FAA pilot and a flight instructor.
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Neither Kellen nor Marcinkova has been criminally charged.
The Latest: 09/13/2026 12:59pm ET
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Tiffany went on to express his gratitude to first responders and the pilot of the plane who also suffered minor injuries in the incident.
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The FAA is investigating the crash which happened in central Wisconsin.
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The NFL is kicking off its first Sunday of the season with 13 games.
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The Baltimore Ravens head to Indiana to take on the Indianapolis Colts while the Pittsburgh Steelers host the Atlanta Falcons.
9/11 25 Years Later: America Remembers
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9:25Frank HatfieldSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
There were airplanes that were starting to fly around in the sky that wasn't talking to anybody.
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9:30Aaron KaterskyCORRESPONDENT
At the time, Frank Hatfield managed air traffic control for the FAA in New York.
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So
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you're missing more airplanes.
Ukraine's Siberian Drone Strike, the Range Nobody Thought Possible, and What Long-Distance UAS Means for the Future of Airspace
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Let's talk about what that development trajectory means for the airspace you fly in.
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The conversation around unmanned aircraft systems integration, which the Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, calls UAS integration, has been ongoing since at least 2012.
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The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of that year directed the agency to safely integrate drones into the national airspace system.
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14 years later, that integration is still a work in progress.
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Remote identification rules are in effect beyond visual line of sight operations, which the industry calls BVLOS, are being approved on a case-by-case basis.
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Urban air mobility corridors are being studied, but we do not have a seamless system yet.
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Part of the reason integration has been slow is that the technology and the regulatory framework are trying to solve a problem that keeps growing faster than either one can keep up with.
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When the FAA first started seriously working on drone integration, the primary concern was hobbyist quadcopters flying near airports.
Nicholas Air, the Captain in Training Who Spoke Up, and the Federal Ruling That Put Whistleblower Protection Back in the Cockpit
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change that in a comprehensive way.
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Under Air 21, it is illegal for an air carrier, a contractor to an air carrier, or a subcontractor to an air carrier to discharge, demote, suspend, reprimand, or in any other way, discriminate against an employee who provided information to their employer or to the federal government about an alleged violation of federal aviation administration or FAA regulations or aviation safety laws.
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The protection covers pilots, mechanics, dispatchers, flight attendants, aircraft inspectors, and ground personnel.
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If you work in aviation and you reported a safety concern, Air 21 is the federal statute that exists to protect your job for doing so.
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If your employment situation changes after that report, the timeline of events becomes critical evidence.
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Start documenting immediately before you consult an attorney.
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The FAA Aviation Safety Hotline takes reports of potential regulatory violations 24 hours a day at 1-800-255-1111-U.
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You can report anonymously if you're uncertain whether what you're seeing is serious enough to escalate, or if you're concerned about what would happen if you used internal channels, that number is a resource.
The FLYT Aviation RICO Case, Student Training Funds, and the Third Arrest That Shows How Far This Goes
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Third, know who to call.
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The Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, oversees aviation training, but financial fraud in a flight school is primarily a matter for law enforcement, state attorneys general, and depending on the school's structure and student loan involvement, potentially the Department of Education or other federal oversight bodies.
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If you believe something is wrong with how your funds are being handled, documenting it early and reporting it to the right authorities quickly makes a difference.
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Fourth, check a school's reputation through channels that aren't controlled by the school itself.
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The FAA maintains records on certificated pilot schools.
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The Better Business Bureau, state consumer protection agencies, and aviation community forums are not perfect, but patterns of complaints tend to surface over time.
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If a school has a history of financial issues, students who came before you have often left a trail.
Frontier, Colombia, and the Ultra-Low-Cost Push Into South American Skies
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Let's talk about what international operations actually require, because this is where the complexity lives.
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To operate internationally under Part 121 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, an airline needs authorization from the Department of Transportation in addition to the Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA.
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They need bilateral air service agreements between the United States and the destination country.
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They need foreign country operating approvals.
Part 1 -- The Morning the World Went Quiet: RARE 9/11/2001 Live As It Happened on the Air; RARE Feed
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go back to 10 10
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if i break in for just a moment this late word just coming into us the faa has closed off all airports across the country no takeoffs no landings now that word coming in from the faa just moments ago all airports nationwide shut down okay
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developments coming fast and furious this morning obviously a major and very serious situation underway in new york city this morning As James just mentioned, the FAA has shut down all takeoffs nationwide.
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1010 Whits Newsman John Montone is at this point, I believe, closest to the scene of the disaster at the World Trade Center.
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John? And we appear to have lost contact with him.
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having left the building for fear of another attack.
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President Bush is now flying to Washington from Florida where he'd scheduled an educational event.
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The president's plane, Air Force One, the only one allowed to take off at this point because the FAA has halted all takeoffs nationwide.
Can You Really Sell a $400,000 Jet Airplane in Just Four Days?
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OK.
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And the immediate priority, the mechanism that basically dictates whether this deal survives, is a rush FAA title search.
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OK, title search.
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Right.
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And this search is routed directly through the FAA's centralized aircraft registration records located in Oklahoma City.
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OK, let's pause here because buying a plane is fundamentally different than buying a used Honda Civic off a local car lot.
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Just a bit,
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I mean, they cross state and national borders in hours.
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