Air Transport News.Dec 11, 2006 US Congress yesterday passed legislation to create a federal Interagency Aerospace Revitalization Task Force charged with reversing the US's decline in aviation manufacturing workers. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Aerospace Industries Assn., which lobbied for the bill's passage, there is an "ominous shortage [of] younger, technically skilled professionals in the aerospace industry." Average age of aerospace manufacturing workers in the US now exceeds 50 and 27% of the workforce will become eligible for retirement in 2008, AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture said. The Senate easily approved the bill, already passed in the House, and it now goes to President Bush for expected signing into law. It directs 11 federal agencies, led by the Dept. of Labor, to form a task force to develop strategies to expand public and private aerospace job training programs. "It's hard to overstate how important this bill is to the aerospace industry and our nation's security and economic health," AIA President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. John Douglass said. Dec 8, 2006 EU May Try New Approach To Aviation Pact With US. European ministers may demand the European Commission European Commission, branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU) invested with executive and some legislative powers. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it was founded in 1967 when the three treaty organizations comprising what was then the European Community make fresh proposals to solve an impasse with the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. over an aviation agreement after Washington dropped a key element, EU President Finland said on Thursday. Dec 7, 2006 Open skies  This article is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article in an . cloudy as DOT withdraws foreign control proposal. Bowing to domestic political pressure exacerbated by the Democrats' rise to power in last month's midterm elections, the US Dept. of Transportation yesterday abandoned its 13-month effort to ease restrictions on foreign control of domestic airlines, delivering a setback to a potential open skies agreement The Open Skies Agreement is a recently negotiated treaty between the United States and the European Union. The agreement will allow any European or U.S. airline to fly any route between any city in the EU and any city in the United States. with the EU. Dec 6, 2006 US Drops Key Element Of 'Open Skies' Air Deal. The United States withdrew a proposal on Tuesday to ease restrictions on overseas investment in US airlines, potentially jeopardizing a deal with Europe to broaden trans-Atlantic competition. Dec 5, 2006 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Nov 13, 2006 |
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