Adam Air layoffs annouced

Adam Air announced the layoff of 300 employees this week (they only have 800). Yet the big boss, Duncan Koerbel says its only '...a temporary interuption...' while they seek FAA certs for their A700 twinjet. If you've got money riding on this, better stayed tuned.

Finally some good news for NJ General Aviation

On Jan. 4, 2008, New Jersey Dept. of Transportation Commissioner Kris Kolluri released a report from the department’s State Airport System Plan (SASP), and from it there is word on the street that three NJ airports: Cape May, Ocean City Municipal and Woodbine (of all places) are in Trenton's sights for upgrades. Yup, thats right, you heard it here, UPGRADES. The usual news would be that they were scheduled be be torn up and turned into a 55 and older community or a new useful mall full of Cheesecake Factories and Gap stores. They even said that these airports were needed for flight training. Fancy that.

We're liking what we're hearing.

White Elk MOA expanding into Nevada

Our favorite other GA Advocate, AOPA, is worked up over the planned White Elk MOA that expands the Utah Test and Training Area west into Nevada. If this affects you, be aware that comments to the Air Force were being taken until Jan 7th. If you missed the boat and this is someplace that you like to fly, better hope you're fellow aviators got throught to the USAF that is unacceptable.

Protect YOUR airspace!

User fee bill DOA

According to Florida State Senator Bill Nelson, bill S1300 - which proposed General Aviation user fees is DOA. Thank goodness. While the house bill still is floating around waiting for rescue, the anticipated failure of the Senate bill just about assures it's doom. No, GA doesn't need new fees and the FAA will have to find other ways to soak the taxpayer to foot the bill for it's continued incompetence.

Piper staying in Vero Beach?

Say its true. Piper says they're staying in Vero Beach as long as the city council comes up with an incentive package in it Jan 15 meeting. Council is mum but sources close to the affair says its a done deal. I'll bet the 1100 Floridians working at Piper hope so. We'll keep you in the loop.

A new Chicago area GA airport?

In these days when it looks like airports suitable for GA are losing to real estate developers, the politicians in the Chicago area are contemplating the creation of the new Will County Airport. Details are few and far between, but even the likes of presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama are getting into the mix trying to get local power brokers like Sen. Dick Durbin and U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. together to hammer this thing into reality.

Will the Will County Airport bring good things to GA? Hard to say with the trend towards accomodating the demands of the airlines over the needs of independent flyer, but we can hope can't we?

Call Sen. Durban and Rep Jackson and get the scoop. If it sound good for GA, get behind it!

Fun places to fly

This is a great web site. Really. Most of the stuff is up-to-date. If you're spending $$$ to rent an airplane, you might as well go somewhere interesting.

http://www.funplacestofly.com/