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Proposed noise-compatibility program for the Southern California airport is scheduled to be approved or disapproved by the FAA on or before November 7.

The rule allows passengers to use oxygen containers if they meet certain criteria.

No exemption is needed for foreign-registered aircraft for the foreseeable future if they are not RNP 1 and and/or or RNP 2 compliant.

Agency widens the use of aviation traning devices for maintaining instrument currency and recent experience requirements.

Jan. 1, 2018 deadline will ensure a “harmonized deployment” of 8.33-kHZ voice-channel-spacing-based communications below FL195.

FAA withdrew proposed rulemaking that would have imposed new landing restrictions on nonscheduled operations at JFK, La Guardia and Newark Airports.

Agency says operators have an “ongoing obligation” to ensure that the maintenance or modification mandated by an AD is maintained.

Manufacturer is developing the retrofit kit for AS350B2s, B3s and B3es and EC130B4s.

Some 180 VORs and NDBs will be shut down later this month.

Agency says the current complement of RCOs covers the vast majority of the U.S. and includes duplicate, overlapping and seldom used frequencies.

Two routes are now available for flight planning.

Present bird protection regulations apply only to transport category rotiorcraft and have not been updated since being adopted in 1966.

Part-ML proposes alleviations for aircraft maintenance programs and airworthiness reviews.

FAA says more restricted airspace is necessary to support NASA testing and Navy training requirements, including weapons firing.

Improved training seems to have resulted in an improved accident rate for the MU-2.

However, the number of non-fatal accidents of N-numbered business jets has improved significantly this year, decreasing by 87.5 percent.

The agency has always interpreted the existing smoking ban to prohibit e-cigarettes, but new rule explicity codifies this.

Proposed changes establish a new ditching certification methodology by which a target probability of capsize following a ditching can be determined.

Proposal would add to CS-25 a new appendix for “low-occupancy airplanes,” the EASA’s generic terminology for business jets.

Twinjet sustained “minor damage to the wing leading edges” after colliding with runway lights during its landing roll on snow-contaminated runway.

New rules cover all “large airplanes; jet powered airplanes; or turbine-powered pressurized airplanes certificated for more than six passenger seats.”

Mandate is imposing new requirements on non-Russian certified operators, including operators certified by the U.S.

Smaller airline and general aviation operations had fewer events, but a wider variety of causes was behind the incapacitations.

Changes include the requirement that all aircraft operating under IFR must now be equipped with GNSS avionics.

New criteria allow for lower separation minimums for certain pairs of aircraft, taking into consideration wake turbulence-induced accidents.

New rule will require reporting ACAS Resolution Advisories when they are "necessary to avert a substantial risk of collision between two or more aircraft.”

FAA says helicopter pilots should avoid conducting running landings in skid-equipped aircraft on runways with lighting systems embedded in pavement.

Meanwhile, the number of non-fatal mishaps last year increased threefold, rising from six in 2014 to 18.

New requirements narrows scope of ACAS resolution advisory reports.