This Day in FAA History: November 13th

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19681113: President-elect Richard M. Nixon announced that “a first priority of my Administration will be to strengthen our air-controller force, improve their working conditions and provide them with new equipment they need to keep our airways safe.”
19741113: In an action to reduce the bird hazard to aviation, FAA announced guidelines aimed at banning garbage dumps or sanitary landfills within 10,000 ft. of runways used by turbojets and 5,000 ft. of those used by piston-engine aircraft. FAA personnel were instructed to inform airport operators that dumps or landfills closer than these limits should be closed. Those that could not be closed within a reasonable period of time should be operated under guidelines prescribed by the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Health, Education and Welfare, to minimize their attractiveness to birds.
19851113: FAA published a rule requiring shoulder harnesses for all seats in new airplanes with less than ten passenger seats manufactured after December 12, 1986. The rule extended an earlier requirement that had applied only to the front seats of small aircraft (see June 16, 1977).
19911113: Midway Airlines ceased operations at midnight. (See November 1, 1979.) Earlier that day, Northwest Airlines had dropped plans to acquire Midway, which had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on March 26, 1991. On November 15, 1993, a smaller new carrier named Midway Airlines began service from Chicago Midway airport.
19951113: At midnight on this date, funding for much of the Federal government lapsed with the expiration of a continuing resolution that had been approved by the Congress and President in October. As instructed by the Office of Management and Budget, Federal agencies implemented shutdown plans by 12:30 pm on November 14. Employees were placed on furlough, with the exception of those exempted because their positions: directly affected safety or the protection of property; were necessary for the orderly shutdown of operations; or did not require further congressional action for their funding. About 7,800 FAA employees were furloughed, but most of the agency’s personnel were exempted. (See November 15, 1995.)
20011113: FAA published a proposal to mandate installation of a new, improved rudder control system in all Boeing 737 models within five years. The proposed airworthiness directive would require Boeing 737 operators to install a new rudder system, currently being developed by Boeing, and make any additional changes to the aircraft needed to accommodate the new system, within five years of the AD effective date. The new design would increase the overall safety of the 737 by simplifying the rudder system and eliminating a range of previously known failure possibilities. The redesign also would make it unnecessary to have existing flight crew operating procedures and associated training unique to the 737 rudder system. (See October 26, 2000; October 7, 2002.)
20121113: FAA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to tighten requirements for aircraft maintenance outsourcing. Under the proposal, each carrier that contracted out any of its maintenance had to have policies and procedures in place to ensure the contracted maintenance would be performed in accordance with its maintenance program and manual. The requirement would apply to scheduled service carriers under Part 121 regulations, but also to most commuter and on-demand carriers operating under Part 135 regulations. (See June 16, 1999.)
20141113: In a rule effective this date, FAA eased the pilot pairing requirement for pilots over the age of 60 on international flights. Pilots over the age of 60 could now fly internationally as long as they had a second pilot to back them up, regardless of the other pilot’s age. Previously the other pilot had to be under the age of 60. The rule did not apply to domestic flights. (See December 13, 2007; June 12, 2015.)
20151113: After coordinated attacks on civilian targets in Paris, the French government closed its borders to help restore order, prompting transportation officials around the world to come up with emergency plans on how to handle traffic into and out of the country. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks, which killed 129 people and injured over 300 others. (See November 23, 2015.)