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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation with authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S. The Federal Aviation Act of 1958 created the group under the name "Federal Aviation Agency", and adopted its current name in 1967 when it became a part of the United States Department of Transportation.

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David Grizzle, Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration speaks during a ceremony marking the completed installation of a US-funded Approach Control Radar System at international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010.

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David Grizzle, Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration speaks during a ceremony marking the completed installation of a US-funded Approach Control Radar System at international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010.

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"We will reserve comment until after we have seen the show"


Joe Williams Feb 09 2010 9:39 PM from Memphis Business Journal

"so that we can make these smaller carriers, these outsource carriers, a little more safe"


Miles O'Brien Feb 09 2010 2:50 PM from Southern California Public Radio

"It's not exactly the scenario that makes a pilot bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, and as alert as they could be"


Miles O'Brien Feb 09 2010 2:50 PM from Southern California Public Radio

"Continental may put its logo on those planes ... but it does not get involved in how those airlines run their operations. How they do safety, how they schedule crews, how they pay their crews is all left to the smaller company."


Miles O'Brien Feb 09 2010 2:50 PM from Southern California Public Radio

"We're telling them that they don't have authority under their lease as it exists today to engage in charter operations from their facility"


Scott Lewis Feb 09 2010 7:32 AM from Cape Cod Online
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David Grizzle, Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration speaks during a ceremony marking the completed installation of a US-funded Approach Control Radar System at international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010.

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David Grizzle, Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration speaks during a ceremony marking the completed installation of a US-funded Approach Control Radar System at international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010.

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