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The article discusses errors by air traffic controllers in the U.S. in 2011 which led to the near-collision of an American Airlines passenger jet and a military cargo plane. Topics include a report on the incident by the National Transportation Safety Board, the quality of air traffic control in the U.S., and onboard collision-avoidance systems.

The article focuses on the impact an antiquated and inefficient system for managing U.S. airspace, which uses federal map routes that have remained unchanged since the 1950s, is having on air travel and commercial aeronautics in the U.S. in 2007. Pilots are required to use the routes, and analysts say they have contributed to flight delays and cancellations.

The article focuses on a dispute which has developed between the city of São Paulo, Brazil and its mayor, Gilberto Kassab, and Oscar Maroni, a distributor of adult magazines and owner of a famous brothel. The dispute centers on a hotel that Maroni is building near the city's airport which the city claims is hazardous to air traffic and Maroni claims is legal and no threat to air safety.

This article focuses on a report from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board which said that a series of errors by pilots and air traffic controllers twice put a Boeing 747 cargo plane on a near-collision path in Alaska in 2010.

The article reports on the compromise between leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate over a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air-traffic-control bill that would raise the minimum training standards for new pilots to ensure its passage.

The article reports on the call by officials at the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board for a new air-traffic control procedures and flight restrictions in the airspace of Manhattan, New York City. The call was influenced by an aircraft accident in the area that killed 9 people. A letter was made by Deborah Hersman, chairman of the board, for Federal Aviation Administration Chief Randy Babbit, calling for the establishment of a special flight rules area and new procedures that would imposed separate altitudes for airplanes and helicopters.

The article reports on the new procedures being implemented by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to improve air-traffic-control system. The new procedures will be presented through a demonstration flight operated by Air New Zealand from Auckland, New Zealand to San Francisco International Airport in California. One procedure concerns having long-distance flights to climb more quickly to cruise altitude, resulting to lesser fuel consumption. It adds that other benefits of the procedure include less pollution and noise.

The article reports that reforms in the aviation safety regulations in the U.S. are experiencing delays in the Senate s of May 2008. Arguments about airline pension plans and oil prices are said to have caused the Senate to delay a bill that will overhaul the core functions of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Democrats expressed their willingness, however, to discuss with President George W. Bush the bill that will improve the air-traffic-control system as well the regulations in the FAA.

The article reports on the proposed legislation in the Senate that will overhaul the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). It enumerates the implications of the bill for the FAA, airline industry and its consumers. According to the author, private-jet travelers would have to pay additional taxes that will finance a multiyear transition to a satellite-based air-traffic control network that will serve as a solution to the problems regarding delays and congestion plaguing air travel.

The article reports on the decision of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to approve a bill that could threaten the success of FedEx Corp. at locking out union organizers, a strategy crucial to preserving its cost advantage over competitors. It states that the amendment to a funding bill for federal air-traffic control operations would eliminate employees at the Express Unit of FedEx from the Railway Labor Act of 1926.

Discusses issues regarding a dispute between the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Association of Air-Traffic Controllers over contracts on work rules and compensation, as of July 2005.

Reports that European Union (EU) governments have rejected an open skies deal with the U.S. and that European banks have asked the EU to continue delaying its endorsement of a revised accounting rule.

Presents the lottery plan of the United States Federal Aviation Administration for the reduction of air-traffic congestion at La Guardia Airport in New York City, New York. Scope of the air-traffic congestion problem at La Guardia; Options under the plan; Administration of the plan.

Reports that the United States headed off a threatened pilot boycott in February 1999 that could have caused widespread flight delays. The nation's airline pilots' tentative agreement with air-traffic and airline officials over restricting use of a common landing maneuver that has sparked safety concerns; Details of the landing maneuver.

Reports on the Canadian House of Commons' expected approval of legislation to privatize Canada's air-traffic control system. Implication of the Canadian initiative to the United States' campaign to privatize the beleaguered U.S. system which is operated by the Federal Aviation Administration; Provisions of the legislation.