House Chairman Calls Air Carrier 'Deficient'
Galaxy Airlines, which won a United States Air Force charter contract while a Federal safety panel was still investigating a crash in Nevada that killed 70 people, is ''deficient'' as an air carrier,...
View ArticlePanels in Congress to Act on Improving Air Quality on Aircraft
Two chairmen of Congressional panels say they will take action to improve the quality of air in airline cabins. One of them, Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, who is chairman of the...
View ArticleCampaign Reform Countdown
As support for campaign finance reform legislation builds in the House of Representatives, the lawmakers who have not signed on to the cause are getting more conspicuous. Yesterday we listed the...
View ArticleExcerpts From Debate on Airport Security Bills
Following are excerpts from the House debate yesterday on airport security, as recorded by The New York Times. The speakers are Representatives Richard A. Gephardt, Democrat of Missouri, the minority...
View ArticleFlight School Warned F.B.I. Of Suspicions
An instructor at a Minnesota flight school warned the F.B.I. in August of his suspicion that a student who was later identified as a part of Osama bin Laden's terror network might be planning to use a...
View ArticleBig-Price Screening Machines Are Said to Get Little Use
Even as the Transportation Department races to install million-dollar machines in airports to screen checked baggage, most of the devices are operated less than two hours a day, and some hardly screen...
View ArticleScreening Luggage
To the Editor: Re ''Big-Price Screening Machines Are Said to Get Little Use'' (news article, Sept. 18):
View ArticleRailroad Safety Agency Says It Is Addressing Fatal Crashes
The federal agency that oversees railroad safety says it is instituting new procedures to identify railroads that fail to report fatal grade-crossing accidents promptly, as required by federal...
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Big Consolidated Airline Inc.
A new round of merger talks in the airline industry is causing concern about rising fares and reduced air service to smaller destinations.
View ArticleArmy Corps Reform
To the Editor: I strongly disagree with your editorial about H. R. 1495, the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (''Still Not Fixing the Army Corps,'' editorial, March 19). The bill includes...
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New Delays Loom as F.A.A. Expands Airliner Review
Chaos at airports could go on for weeks as the Federal Aviation Administration and the airlines expand their scrutiny of planes.
View ArticleDelta’s Chief Faces Skeptics as He Tries to Sell a Deal With Northwest
Shares of both Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines slid following the announcement of the merger and Northwest pilots vowed to kill the $2.7 billion deal.
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Paddle-Wheeler’s Fans Seek a Reprieve
The Delta Queen, America’s last original paddle-wheeled, steam-driven, overnight passenger boat, may be close to making its last commercial voyage.
View ArticleAnd They're Out!
Op-Art piece by Thomas E Mann, Norman J Ornstein and Charlie Ross highlights six Congressional Democrats who were casualties of midterm elections; suggests that these six rank among most talented and...
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Reflections From Those Swept Out of Congress
With denial and bargaining behind them, some members who lost seem to have arrived at a shaky acceptance.
View ArticleAirline Aid Advances in House; Passage in '02 Is Called Unlikely
A House subcommittee approved a bill today to help economically struggling airlines, but the effort may be too late to become law this year as Congress nears the end of its session and the Senate has...
View ArticleBig-Price Screening Machines Are Said to Get Little Use
Even as the Transportation Department races to install million-dollar machines in airports to screen checked baggage, most of the devices are operated less than two hours a day, and some hardly screen...
View ArticleArmy Corps Reform
To the Editor: I strongly disagree with your editorial about H. R. 1495, the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (''Still Not Fixing the Army Corps,'' editorial, March 19). The bill includes...
View ArticleCorporate Funds Aid Centers Tied to Lawmakers
Nearly a dozen lawmakers have been honored by university endowments financed in part by corporations with business before Congress.
View ArticleAnd They're Out!
Op-Art piece by Thomas E Mann, Norman J Ornstein and Charlie Ross highlights six Congressional Democrats who were casualties of midterm elections; suggests that these six rank among most talented and...
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