This Day in FAA History: November 28th

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19441128: CAA submitted to Congress a National Airport Plan proposing Federal and state support for airport improvements needed for a forecast increase in civil aviation. The plan was based on cooperative studies that the agency had carried out with local governmental or private interests seeking assistance in postwar airport planning. Its publication helped to stimulate the introduction of congressional bills on airport development. (See May 13, 1946).
19801128: FAA published a rule requiring foreign operators of aircraft over 75,000 lb. serving the U.S. to comply with the same noise standards as U.S. operators (see December 23, 1976). The rule generally required final compliance by 1985.
20001128: FAA proposed a new process for obtaining a license to operate an expendable space launch vehicle. Through this rulemaking, FAA proposed to update and streamline its license application process for launches from U.S. territory or by U.S. citizens elsewhere. The agency planned to codify the safety requirements for launch operators regarding license requirements, criteria, and responsibilities to protect the public from the hazards of such launches. These safety requirements would apply to all licensed launches of expendable launch vehicles, whether from a federal launch site or a non-federal launch site. (See October 19, 2000; February 9, 2001.)
20051128: FAA Administrator Marion Blakey called for federal mediation to help the agency reach a voluntary contract agreement with the air traffic controllers union. FAA’s request, hand- delivered to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, sought help from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to reach a voluntary agreement after four and a half months of negotiations. FAA’s contract proposal maintained the base-pay of in-service controllers while still taking steps to bring in new hires at a lower pay scale – one that narrowed the pay gap between controllers and the rest of FAA’s safety focused employees. While the existing contract had technically expired on September 30, a clause had allowed it to remain in place so long as talks had continued. (See July 13, 2005; April 3, 2006.)
20111128: The Air Transport Association formally changed its name to Airlines for America with the slogan “We Connect the World.” The name change was publically announced on Capitol Hill on November 30. (See January 3, 1936.)
20121128: The consistency of regulatory interpretation aviation rulemaking committee (ARC) charted by FAA on April 30, 2012, issued its final report. Among other things, it concluded the agency’s flight standards service and aircraft certification service offices should review all guidance documents and interpretations to identify and cancel outdated material, and cross-reference material to the applicable rule. Further, the ARC suggested FAA expand its current aviation safety information management system initiative to consolidate all of the aviation safety organization libraries into a single master electronic resource, organized by rule, to allow users access to relevant rules and all active and superseded guidance material and related documents.
20161128: American Airlines Flight 17 landed in Havana, the first U.S. scheduled airline with service to that city in over 50 years. The airline planned to fly four daily flights from Miami International Airport to Havana.