August 8, 2020
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Opinion: Ligado Is LightSquared Fiasco 2.0

In a recent AW&ST viewpoint, former NASA Administrator Dan Goldin argued in defense of the FCC’s flawed decision to allow high-power terrestrial transmitters in the quiet band of […]
January 20, 2020
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Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger: Like Joe Biden, I Once Stuttered, Too. I Dare You to Mock Me.

The retired pilot responds to recent comments from the president’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, on the way the former vice president talks. As a small boy in […]
August 9, 2019
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U.S. Rep. DeSaulnier introduces airline safe-landing bill after near miss at SFO

SAN FRANCISCO — Alarmed by a series of potentially deadly landing mishaps at SFO and other airports, a Bay Area congressman is pushing for stronger safeguards […]
August 8, 2019
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New Safety Push After Close Calls at San Francisco International Airport

An East Bay congressman on Thursday announced legislation to deal with the issue of close calls at airports. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier’s announcement comes after multiple near […]
August 8, 2019
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Rep. DeSaulnier, “Sully” Sullenberger announce Safe Landings Act at SFO

SAN FRANCISCO (KTVU) – East Bay Congressman Mark DeSaulnier announced a proposal Thursday that would address safety on airport runways. The bill, about to go before Congress, […]
August 8, 2019
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Near Miss at SFO Prompts ‘Safe Landings’ Bill

Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger of “Miracle on the Hudson” fame and Congressman Mark DeSaulnier, D-Contra Costa County, announced new legislation today aimed at making airport runways safer […]
August 8, 2019
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SFO near-miss: Capt. ‘Sully’ pushes bill, says ‘biggest threats are runway related’

More than two years after an airliner nearly landed on four planes lined up on a San Francisco International Airport taxiway, a Bay Area congressman has […]