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New federal funding is coming to the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport. It’s part of a massive federal package for airports across the state in which $4 million of the nearly $60 million provided will be distributed locally. Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand say the funds will help improve safety, capacity and security. […]
9 vehicles have been stolen from the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport since the beginning of the year. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says eight vehicles stolen from the airport are rentals, and one is an employees that was parked in the rental lot. Authorities told 13WHAM that people acting like rental car employees […]
Last week we had a story about a flight coming from the UK to New York had to turn around because one of the pilots told the staff that he wasn’t qualified to fly the plane. I came across another story where another person wasn’t qualified to fly a plane but had no choice to […]
A JetBlue flight from Buffalo to Florida had to be delayed after a co-pilot registered a .17 BAC. A TSA worker noticed that the co-pilot seemed to be impaired The copilot was immediately taken off the plane and was given a breathalyzer test which he failed. The co-pilot was identified as James Clifton of Florida […]
United Airlines must put their upcoming vaccination mandate to a halt as a federal judge in Texas ordered the airline to do. This order is to temporarily halt its plan to put unvaccinated employees on unpaid leave if they have requested an exemption from the company’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Six United Airlines employees filed a […]
Airport officials in Miami are using COVID-19 detecting dogs that will sniff the mask of employees to detect the Coronavirus by their sweat and breath. Now according to reports during the trials the dolls were successful between 96 and 99% of the time. The Miami International airport is using 2 dogs professionally trained to sniff […]
On Wednesday, United Airlines announced that they would begin acquiring around 200 electric air taxis to shuttle people in big cities to the airport quicker. They’ve partnered up with a small, private company that produces electric helicopter style aircraft that are capable of vertical takeoff and landings. The company is called Archer and hopes to […]
Starting on February 2nd 2021 TSA angents at US airports Will be enforcing the executive order from President Joe Biden To require all people ages 2 and over to wear face masks. I thought this requirement was already in enforced at all airports. This requirement will remain effective until May 11th 2021. This is one […]
Early Thursday morning, Spirit Airlines Flight 696 slid off the taxiway after landing at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. According to the FAA, the nose wheel of the Airbus A320 slid off the pavement and into the grass. Passengers were shook up, but there were no injuries. Over 100 people deplaned using the aircraft stairs […]
Richard Glaser started a petition to get Monroe County Executive Adam Bello to change the name of the Rochester Greater International Airport to Frederick Douglas International Airport. When the petition started Monday, its goal was to have 2000 signatures by its completion. 24 hours after it was posted on Facebook, it had reached 1,500. Glaser […]