FAA boss: New, stricter oversight of Boeing will keep air travel safe seattletimes.com/business/boein…

.Sen. Maria Cantwell says that one aviation safety inspector her office spoke to only had previous safety experience 'in the dairy industry,' as she presses on training programs for these The FAA ✈️ employees.

Boeing investigates quality problem on undelivered 787s, sources say (via @reuters) reuters.com/business/aeros…

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.Sen. Maria Cantwell says during The FAA ✈️ hearing that most engineers at The Boeing Company had trouble responding to 'basic questions about quality control' during a review of an agency audit that was shared with the cmte.

Amazing shot of the ISS with several spacecraft docked with it, including both Starliner and Dragon.

Anyone have recommendations on flying with an ATX desktop computer? Tips and tricks?

A stellar piece of inside HQ reporting from Will Guisbond. A deep look at how Michael Whitaker is thinking about engineering a new funding landscape for the Federal Aviation Administration. Includes perspectives from former administrators Billy Nolen and Michael Huerta.

Congrats to Archer on the first transition of its Midnight eVTOL! For my story in The Air Current I got an advance look at the flight test footage, the story on those aft lifting props + some details on the implications for $STLA. theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatche…

Archer’s Midnight eVTOL performs successful first transition flight (via ⁦Elan Head⁩) #staycurrent theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatche…

A ‘roller coaster’: Inside the FAA’s quest for stable funding theaircurrent.com/regulation/a-r… (via Will Guisbond) #staycurrent

New: the The FAA ✈️ appears poised to try and get off what FAA Mike Whitaker is calling a “roller coaster” of unstable funding spurred by shutdowns and lapses in authorizations (via The Air Current): theaircurrent.com/regulation/a-r…

In the airline industry, some manufacturers (looking at you, Airbus) are pushing the misguided development of aircraft designed to be flown with fewer pilots on the flight deck. And even more outrageous, they have regulators greasing the skids to make it happen. EASA

Boeing’s woes mean rising anxiety in Wichita (via NPR) npr.org/2024/06/11/nx-…

The new heroes of spaceflight: Not the astronauts but the software nerds wapo.st/3RlFlqJ

Boeing’s Urgent Mission: Training Thousands of Rookies to Safely Build an Airplane (via ⁦Sharon Terlep⁩) wsj.com/business/airli…

I'm incredibly grateful to run a thriving small business, though it comes with challenges distinctly separate from TAC's journalism. The last 6 weeks have been dominated by normal bureaucratic hurdles that finally have a fix. Can't wait to get my brain back fully into reporting.