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GPO LAUNCHES FACEBOOK PAGE

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WASHINGTON—The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has launched a Facebook page in an effort to continue to use social media as way of increasing transparency and engage with the public on the workings of this critically important agency of our Government. GPO’s Facebook page will feature announcements, press releases, agency job listings, photos, videos and a link to the award- winning Government Book Talk blog. GPO joins the White House, National Archives & Records Administration, Library of Congress and other Federal agencies on Facebook. GPO also utilizes other social media tools, such as Twitter and YouTube, to interact with Federal agencies, the library community and the public.
Link to GPO’s Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/US?Government?Printing? Office/162592897126454?v=wall
GPO maintains a Facebook account to share information with the public about agency activities. Please review all polices under the information section on the page. All official information can be found and verified through the agency’s official Web site: www.gpo.gov.
With 2,300 employees, GPO is the Federal Government’s primary resource for producing, procuring, cataloging, indexing, authenticating, disseminating, and preserving the official information products of the U.S. Government in digital and tangible forms. GPO is responsible for the production and distribution of information products and services for all three branches of the Federal Government, including U.S. passports for the Department of State as well as the official publications of Congress, the White House, and other Federal agencies. In addition to publication sales, GPO provides for permanent public access to Federal Government information at no charge through GPO’s Federal Digital System (www.fdsys.gov) and through partnerships with approximately 1,220 libraries nationwide participating in the Federal Depository Library Program.

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    • Northwest Airlines pilots Capt. Timothy Cheney of Gig Harbor, Washington, and First Officer Richard Cole of Salem, Oregon, who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles have filed appeals of their license revocations with the National Transportation Safety Board.
    • Bill introduced to ban pilots from using laptops.
    • PASADENA, Calif. — /PRNewswire/ — The Tournament of Roses revealed that the heroic pilot who masterfully landed US Airways Flight 1549, Captain Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger, III, will serve as the Grand Marshal for the 2010 Tournament of Roses festivities: Themed 2010: A Cut Above the Rest.
    • NAPA, Calif. — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Accused whistler-blower Dr. Frederick J. Foreman, former Senior Analyst for Metron Aviation Inc. (an aviation consulting company with numerous government contracts), who was fired for allegedly revealing critical information regarding airline passenger safety to Kate Hanni of the Flyers’ Rights coalition, has joined forces with the volunteer organization.

    VERO BEACH, Fla., November 6, 2009 — Piper Aircraft today announced that Piper Chief Executive Kevin J. Gould will assume the company’s presidency effective December 1, 2009. In addition, three other Piper executives have been promoted to vice president positions and one to a senior director position.PIPER AIRCRAFT ANNOUNCES LEADERSHIP CONSOLIDATION

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    CASA Media Release – Pilots urged to keep Shoalhaven skies safe

    Shoalhaven pilots are being urged to attend an important air safety workshop next month.

    The workshop will give local pilots special training to improve their flying and safety skills.

    The Civil Aviation Safety Authority is holding the workshop to help make the skies over Nowra and the Shoalhaven even safer.

    Safety issues to be covered at the workshop include aircraft maintenance and new rules for flying at regional aerodromes. There will also be the opportunity for pilots to ask questions and raise issues about local flying.

    CASA’s Peter Gibson says the workshop is part of a national regional air safety campaign.

    “Giving pilots from the Shoalhaven extra training will lift their safety skills to even higher levels,” Mr Gibson says.

    “All pilots receive comprehensive training but this workshop means they will be even better equipped to fly safely at all times and deal with emergencies.

    “Nowra and the Shoalhaven have a good air safety record but accidents do happen and everyone in aviation must work hard to keep local skies safe.”

    The workshop is being held at the Albatross Aero Club Museum Building on Tuesday 1 February 2011, starting at 6:00pm.

    CASA is providing free refreshments for everyone on the night.

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    FAA Release: Speech – “Respect and Consideration”

    “Respect and Consideration”
    Michael Huerta, Indianapolis, IN
    September 15, 2010

    National Black Coalition of FAA Employees National Convention

    Good morning, and thanks for inviting me.

    You’re holding this conference at an important juncture for our society. And you’re holding it in a place that’s been a lightning rod for the very things that are perplexing our nation at this time.

    I’m going to raise some hot button issues today, and I by no means am poising myself as the One Who Holds the Answer. But what I am doing – and what I’m hoping that you’ll do alongside me – is to discuss these issues – the ones that are turning up the heat on the kettle we call America.

    As everybody knows, all last week there was a horrendous display of religious, ethical and cultural intolerance in Florida. No one can say that terrorism is the answer. But burning a holy book – a book held near and dear by millions of Americans – well, that did nothing to bring about healing, much less win an argument. Pouring salt into an open wound is not, in my opinion, the springboard to intelligent discourse.

    Instead of raising a concern, they raised the temperature – put fuel to the fire – agitated – whatever you want to call it.

    And in New York City, we have another situation of equal tension. The plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero have both sides in an uproar.

    So here’s my question to you: we are indeed the land of the free and the home of the brave. We are a land of religious tolerance. We’re a land where equality is supposed to be the law of the land.

    So if all this is true, why is it that we’re having the same argument over and over and over again?

    It comes down to respect. And by “respect,” I mean consideration – thinking about something from someone else’s point of view.

    As far as both of those issues are concerned, I must say that just because you have a right doesn’t make you right; that just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.

    If you remember the movie, you know that this is what caused the problem in Jurassic Park. One of the more memorable lines from the movie was delivered by an eccentric mathematician who thought cloning dinosaurs was a bad idea. He said, “You were so busy wondering whether or not you could create these things that you never stopped to wonder if you should.” In the haste to make a buck – or a statement – they plowed ahead without thinking about long-term consequences. Or maybe even short-term consequences.

    That’s a fictional example, but it fits. We’re talking about something that is scary, and has really, really big teeth. Both sides on these issues – the books and the mosque, not the dinosaurs – are raising points that are at the very core of our freedoms.

    But, and this is unfortunate for us, there’s more time spent slinging mud than there is building a bridge.

    You can build a bridge with brick and mortar, with concrete and steel.

    But the bridge between opposing sides must be built with respect. You must be considerate of what the other person has to say.

    Everyone here who’s faced discrimination of any kind knows this to be true. Screaming an epithet at someone who just screamed one at you is not the answer. But it’s our nature to say, You hurt me, I hurt you. An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth.

    All of which leaves you with a bunch of one-eyed guys trying to gum each other to death.

    At the agency, we’re not necessarily facing things that are quite that blatant, but we are indeed in an era of change – not just for our work place, but for the entire NAS. The things that we’ve grown comfortable with, like ground-based radar – well, they’re changing as new technology comes along. We’re obligated to change along with them. We’re obligated to see things from a different perspective.

    There was a time, I’m sure, that the idea of horseless carriages seemed pretty strange. And cable TV? Why on earth would anyone pay for cable when you can get TV for free with an antenna? I’ve heard more than once about moms and grandmas who said, “Don’t even take that microwave oven out of the box. I don’t need it, and I won’t use it. And you shouldn’t either.”

    Those examples make us smile, but there are others in our workplace that grate against the grain. For those of you who are used to filling out the paperwork with an actual piece of paper, you’re butting heads with a new generation that can’t figure out why anyone would use paper when you can do it on-line.

    And what about tracking systems that are leading us to cost accounting? We never had to do that before, why should we do it now? Don’t you trust me? Don’t you think I’m doing my job?

    Those are just a couple of things rolling our way. As we know, in an era where the budget isn’t getting any bigger and the work we’re being asked to do isn’t getting any smaller, well, change is upon us.

    It’s a NextGen workplace, and I’m not just talking about satellites. Randy says, “Be ready for Destination 2025,” and he’s right. It’s time for us to recognize that we must adapt to new scenarios, even ones that make us a little uncomfortable – maybe a lot uncomfortable. If we’re going to provide safe, efficient, secure, environmentally friendly service, there’s no other way. We know that the approach we’ve taken has worked so far, but it is indeed time for a change.

    And just like the larger social issues I raised at the beginning, some of the changes we’ll agree with and some we won’t. Some we’ll like and some we might even despise. But at the core of this must be respect – consideration for co-workers, colleagues, friends, supervisors, managers, even – even someone who works for a different line of business. We laugh at that one, but we’re not going to get to Destination 2025 unless and until we learn to work across organizational boundaries.

    I’m looking to you for the support that will make it happen. The kind of support that ripples through an organization and energizes it. Raising the level of those around you is one of the strong themes I see at this conference, and that is definitely the right way to go, definitely the right thing to do.

    So let me close with this. I know where I stand on these issues, but where I stand is not as important right now as it is for us to remember that what makes us great is that we allow differing opinions, differing views, differences of race and creed; and that while we might not respect the opinion on the other side of the argument, we still have respect for that person.

    This is a time for us to show ourselves for what it is we are supposed to be: the land of the free, and a land big enough to have room for ideas with which we disagree, even ideas that we despise with the very essence of our being.

    Let me close again by saying thank you for the invitation. Thank you for holding a conference where important ideas can be raised. You have my respect and my best wishes for success. Thank you.

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  • IATA Release: Global Traffic Falls 2.4% in April – Volcano Dents Recovery

    Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced international scheduled air traffic results for April 2010. Passenger demand slumped by 2.4% as a result of massive flight cancellations centered in Europe during the six days in April following the eruptions of an Icelandic volcano. The fall in traffic interrupted the industry’s recovery from the global financial crisis.

    International scheduled cargo traffic, less impacted by the cancellations, saw the pace of its recovery slow to 25.2% growth in April (down from the 28.1% improvement recorded in March).

    “The ash crisis knocked back the global recovery – impacting carriers in all regions. Last month, we were within 1% of pre-crisis traffic levels in 2008. In April, that was pushed back to 7%,” said Giovanni Bisignani, IATA’s Director General and CEO.

    “European carriers bore the worst of the volcano’s impact. Their 11.7% drop in passenger traffic could not have come at a worse time. Europe’s slow recovery from the global financial crisis and its currency crisis are already a huge burden on the profitability of its airlines. The uncoordinated and excessive cancellations and unfairly onerous passenger care requirements rubbed salt into the European industry’s wounds,” said Bisignani.

    The April drop in demand in Europe can be attributed to both the flight cancellations (two-thirds of the total decline) and follow-on cancellations due to uncertainty of the availability of air travel (one-third). Early indications for May show a rebound in travel from the disrupted levels in April.

    Looking ahead, Bisignani challenged Europe to reform its air traffic management. “The ash crisis was an embarrassing wake-up call for European governments. We need leadership to deliver the Single European Sky, fair passenger rights legislation and continent-wide coordination,” said Bisignani.

    The scale of the ash crisis saw global load factors drop to 76.9% from the 78.0% recorded in March. Freight load factors also dipped to 55.3% from the 57.1% recorded in the previous month. While March traffic was within 1% of pre-crisis levels for both passenger and cargo, this slipped to 7% for passenger and 3% for cargo in April.

    International Passenger Demand
    The ash crisis accentuated the asymmetrical nature of the economic rebound.

    European carriers posted an 11.7% demand drop in April (compared to a 6.2% increase in March). Uncertainty of service reliability in the aftermath of the ash cancellations and major unrest in Greece as a result of the currency crisis added to the weaker European demand during the month. Limited GDP growth expectations of 0.9% continue to dampen demand across the continent.
    North American carriers posted a 1.9% decline in demand, primarily as a result of the impact of the ash crisis on North Atlantic routes. This is a major step backwards from the 7.8% growth recorded in March. This fall in demand was less than half the 4.5% cut in capacity, pushing load factors to 80.2%.
    Asia-Pacific carriers saw their strong growth slow to 3.5% (from the 12.9% growth recorded in March). Robust GDP growth of 7% (Asia excluding Japan) is supporting the strong recovery.
    Middle Eastern airlines recorded the strongest traffic growth at 13.0%, which is about half the 25.9% increase of the previous month.
    African carriers also saw their recovery slow to 8.6% growth in April, down from the 16.9% growth recorded during the previous month.
    Latin American carriers posted a 1.2% increase for the month, a quarter of the 4.6% growth recorded in March, which was already a weak month as a result of the Chilean earthquake.
    International Cargo Demand
    Air freight was also impacted by the ash crisis, although less dramatically than passenger traffic. The global purchasing managers’ index rose to its second highest level ever in April, indicating that the fundamentals of the air freight business were not impacted by the crisis. We are, however, nearing the end of the inventory cycle and would expect freight growth to slow down over the rest of the year.

    European carriers showed the weakest growth at 8.3%, down from the 11.5% growth recorded in March. Poor economic performance prior to the ash crisis had seen European airlines lagging behind the rebound experienced by other regions.
    North American carriers recorded a 23.8% increase. While impressive, this was still below the 29.0% recorded in March.
    Asia-Pacific carriers, which make up 46% of international cargo operations, recorded growth of 33.2%, slightly below the 35.4% recorded during March.
    Middle Eastern carriers saw their growth rate slow to 25.9% from the 35.5% recorded in March.
    Latin American carriers saw the largest increase in cargo demand for the second straight month with a 63.0% increase – an improvement on the 47.9% recorded in March.
    African carriers also showed an improvement, from 51.4% in March to 54.6% in April.
    “The ash crisis was a shock. While there is always a danger of the consequences of renewed volcanic eruptions, the impact on passenger confidence should be limited. Unfortunately, we are trading ash for two additional uncertainties – strikes and a growing currency crisis – both of which are also focused on Europe,” said Bisignani.

    “The labor unrest plaguing Europe this year is unbelievable. It’s a tough competitive world. Airlines need to reduce costs to be competitive. Labor must realize that their pay checks are supported by the performance of the company. The middle of a very fragile recovery is not the time for striking. This mentality is divorced from reality,” said Bisignani.

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  • Alternative Aviation Fuels Efforts Lauded


    January 14 – The Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuel Initiative (CAAFI), a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sponsored effort to develop environmentally-sound, sustainable-alternative jet fuels, has received “one of the most coveted and valued honors” by a leading aviation-industry publication. Air Transport World’s Joseph S. Murphy Industry Service Award is given to an individual or an organization that has performed outstanding service benefiting air travel.

    “This recognition is a strong endorsement of CAAFI’s innovative public-private partnership and recognizes the tremendous joint effort leading to significant advancements for alternative jet fuels this past year,” said FAA Acting Assistant Administrator for Policy, Planning and Environment Nancy LoBue. “Environmentally sound alternative jet fuel is a key priority for the FAA and it is rapidly becoming a reality.”

    CAAFI seeks to enhance energy security and environmental sustainability for aviation through alternative jet fuels. The initiative is a coalition of the U.S. commercial aviation community that acts as a focal point for engaging the emerging alternative fuels industry. It enables its diverse stakeholders to build relationships, share and collect needed data, identify resources, and direct research, development and deployment of alternative fuels. The initiative is fostering efforts to ensure critical issues in fuel safety, research and development, environmental impacts, and business and economic viability are addressed.

    CAAFI’s sponsors include the FAA Office of Environment and Energy and three trade associations: Airports Council International of North America (ACI-NA) representing commercial airports, the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) representing U.S. manufacturers, and the Air Transport Association (ATA) representing U.S. airlines. CAAFI stakeholders are drawn from all elements of the international commercial aviation industry, fuel suppliers, universities, and multiple U.S. government agencies.

    The industry awards program was created in 1974 to recognize excellence. Originally a modest program, over intervening decades it has become of the most valued recognition a company or person in the airline community can receive. CAAFI will receive the award at a ceremony in Singapore on February 1.

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    Southwest Airlines and Its Stock Clerks End Mediation and Announce Tentative Agreement

    Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Airlines Division, representing the carrier’s Stock Clerks, announced today that the two parties have reached a tentative agreement. The tentative agreement is for a new, five-year contract through August 16, 2013. The current contract became amendable on August 16, 2008.

    Earlier this year, Southwest and the Teamsters agreed to seek assistance from the National Mediation Board through the mediation process as defined by the Railway Labor Act. This current tentative agreement is due to the hard work and dedication of both parties.

    “I want to congratulate the negotiation teams for working together to reach this new tentative agreement, which delivers wage and benefit enhancements in exchange for work rule improvements and contract flexibility,” said Mike Van de Ven, Southwest Airlines Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. “These are exciting times at Southwest, and our hard working Stock Clerks play an important role in the future success of this great Company.”
    In the upcoming weeks, the IBT membership will be given the full details of the agreement and have the opportunity to vote on ratification. IBT represents more than 170 Southwest Airlines Employees.

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