FAAST Blast — Week of Jan 21 – Jan 27, 2013
Biweekly FAA Safety Briefing News Update
What’s on FAA TV?
Did you know that there is a host of aviation videos about safety, trending news items, training, NextGen, and administration policy, right at your fingertips at http://www.faa.gov/tv/ ? Links on the main page allow you to share the content via your favorite media platform, or you can download the videos as an MP4 for future use.
2013 Regional GA Awards Winners Named
The National General Aviation Awards Committee, in conjunction with GA industry sponsors and the FAA, has announced the regional General Aviation Awards winners. The mission of the General Aviation Awards program is to recognize individual aviation professionals on the local, regional, and national levels for their contributions to aviation, education, and flight safety.
The awards highlight the important role played by these individuals in promoting aviation education and flight safety and all regional award winners are now finalists for the national awards. For a comprehensive list of recipients, visit GeneralAviationAwards.org.
National award judging is currently underway with names set to be announced no later than March 1, 2013.
Take the XPress Lane
Have you used FAA’s MedXpress system (http://medxpress.faa.gov/) for handling your airman medical application yet? MedXpress, now the required means for obtaining a medical, is fast, easy to use, and more accurate than the old paper form. For step-by-step instructions on how to use the system, see the article “Take the XPress Lane” on page 20 of the Jan/Feb 2013 issue of FAA Safety Briefing. The article covers how to set up an account and reviews many of the system’s key benefits. Check it out today.
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