This Day in FAA History: November 18th

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19691118: FAA changed the title of the Office of Compliance and Security to the Office of Investigations and Security. (See May 16, 1962 and August 3, 1970.)
19711118: Public Law 92-159 prohibited airborne hunting of birds, fish, and other animals. The act prescribed criminal penalties for shooting, attempted shooting, or harassing of wildlife from an aircraft.
19881118: After receiving information eight days earlier from West German authorities, FAA issued an aviation security bulletin, describing a cassette recorder containing a barometric detonating device that could be set to explode when an airliner reached a certain altitude. Such a device had been discovered by German authorities in an October 26 anti-terrorist sweep. On December 7, FAA issued another bulletin to airlines advising them of a telephone warning that had been received December 5 by the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki. The anonymous caller claimed that a bomb was to be placed aboard a Pan Am plane in Frankfurt. (See December 21, 1988.)
19931118: American Airlines’ flight attendants went on strike, forcing the airline to cancel or delay flights. The disputed issues centered on scheduling, pay, and health benefits. On November 22, President Clinton interceded in the five-day old strike, persuading the union and the airline to agree to binding arbitration.
19961118: FAA announced a policy change concerning pilot certification of individuals with insulin-treated diabetes. The new policy permitted the consideration of waivers to allow such persons to receive limited third-class medical certificates, making it possible for them to qualify for student, recreational, and private pilot certificates.
20031118: Department of Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta announced initial details of FAA’s new Air Traffic Organization (ATO) business structure. ATO would consolidate the FAA’s air traffic services, research and acquisitions, and free flight program activities into a smaller, more efficient organization with a strict focus on providing the best service for the best value to the aviation industry and the traveling public. The establishment of the ATO was first recommended by the 1997 National Civil Aviation Review Commission, chaired by Mineta. In April 2000, Congress enacted the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century that mandated establishing the position of a Chief Operating Office (COO) to oversee the air traffic control system. Executive Order 13180 (as amended June 4, 2002) officially created the ATO with the COO as its head. (See June 10, 2003; February 8, 2004.)
20081118: President George W. Bush issued Executive Order 13479, Transformation of the National Air Transportation System. Among other requirements, the executive order reiterated the national importance of establishing the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) and mandated the Secretary of Transportation to establish a support staff to support NextGen activities. (See November 3, 2008; January 26, 2009.)
20101118: FAA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that, if finalized, would require a pilot to carry a pilot certificate with photo with an expiration date of eight years. At the end of this period, the pilot had to update their photo and obtain a new certificate. The proposal responded to section 4022 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act. The FAA previously required all pilots to obtain a plastic certificate (excepting temporary certificates and student pilot certificates). The FAA also proposed to require student pilots to obtain a plastic certificate with photo. Student pilot certificates would have the same duration as other pilot certificates. Additionally, because of the new photo requirements, the proposal modified the application process and the fee structure for pilot certificates. The new certificate cost $22.00.
20141118: NTSB affirmed FAA’s position the regulation prohibiting operation of an aircraft in a careless or reckless manner applied to unmanned aircraft. FAA had appealed an earlier decision by a NTSB Administrative Law Judge in Huerta v. Pirker after the judge dismissed the Agency’s order requiring Raphael Pirker to pay a civil penalty of $10,000 for operating an unmanned aircraft in a careless or reckless manner at the University of Virginia in October 2011. Before FAA could impose a fine, an administrative law judge would have to make a factual determination on the careless and reckless nature of the UAS operation. (See March 7, 2014.)
20231118: SpaceX’s uncrewed spacecraft Starship failed shortly after lifting off from its launch site near Boca Chica, Texas. The rocket’s Super Heavy first stage booster exploded over the Gulf of Mexico shortly after detaching. The launch was the second attempt to fly Starship mounted atop its towering Super Heavy rocket booster, following an April attempt that ended in explosive failure about four minutes after lift-off. (See November 15, 2023.)