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Will Rogers World Airport serves fast-growing Oklahoma City, but flights there are down five percent despite the expanding economy. (AP File)

Examiner Editorial: Time for reform in America’s not-so-friendly skies

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A jetliner takes off from Washington's Ronald Reagan National National Airport, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. Pilots are becoming so reliant on computer systems that do most of the flying in today's airliners that on the rare occasions when something goes wrong, they're sometimes unprepared to take control, according to aviation safety experts and government and industry studies. Increasing automation has been a tremendous safety boon to aviation, contributing to historically low accident rates in the U.S. and many parts of the world. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
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Pilot use of automation eyed in air crashes

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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Director George Cohen is resigning only days after learning he is a target of a congressional inquiry spurred by a Washington Examiner series. (AP Photo)

Head of scandal-plagued FMCS to resign following Washington Examiner series

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NBC Bay Area: FAA report: Pilots addicted to automation

NBC Bay Area: FAA report: Pilots addicted to automation

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Gov’t weighs permitting cellphone calls on planes
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Gov’t weighs permitting cellphone calls on planes

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FILE - This Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013 file photo shows an American Airlines plane and a US Airways plane at parked at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport. On Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, the Justice Department says it has reached an agreement to allow the merger of the two airlines. The agreement requires them to scale back the size of the merger at key airports in Washington and other big cities. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Government reaches agreement to allow airline merger

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In 2008, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended that the Federal Aviation Administration require all gliders to carry transponders or similar devices that alert other aircraft to their presence in crowded airspaces, especially around busy commercial airports. Such a requirement has yet to come from the FAA.(AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record, Mark Wilson)

Examiner Editorial: Why does the FAA continue to dawdle on glider rule?

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Politico: FAA to let the iPads fly
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Politico: FAA to let the iPads fly

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Capt. Oscar Vela stands on a rooftop at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, in Seattle. The modernization of the U.S. air traffic control system, one of the government’s most ambitious and complex technology programs, is in trouble. The Next Generation Air Transportation System, or NextGen, was sold to Congress and the public by the Federal Aviation Administration a decade ago as a way to accommodate an anticipated surge in air travel, reduce fuel consumption and improve safety and efficiency. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Technology

Air traffic control modernization hits turbulence

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NYTimes: Security check now starts long before you fly
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NYTimes: Security check now starts long before you fly

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