Sentences with phrase «faa national operations»

It's perfectly probable that FAA national operations manager Ben Sliney — who, in one of United 93's many officially sanctioned and exploitative twists, plays himself — stood rooted to one spot as he dealt with what must rank as the worst - ever first day on the job.

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The Small UAV Coalition echoed Johnson's concerns in a November letter to the FAA that said, «State and local governments have no authority to govern or regulate the operation of aircraft, both manned and unmanned, in the National Airspace System.»
The data collected from these operations will help the USDOT and FAA craft new enabling rules that allow more complex low - altitude operations, identify ways to balance local and national interests related to UAS integration, improve communications with local, state and tribal jurisdictions, address security and privacy risks, and accelerate the approval of operations that currently require special authorizations.
The FAA continually strives to improve operations in the National Airspace System (NAS) and ensure the vitality of the U.S. economy through the transformation of our civil air traffic system with the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen).
The FAA also continues to make improvements and upgrades to NextGen, the comprehensive overhaul of our national airspace system that will modernize air traffic control operations.
A: As it stands today, the FAA in its role as the governing body over the National Air Space, has established a policy that UAV operations for private use are allowed, but commercial use is prohibited.
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