Adrian is Auckland bureau chief for Aviation Week, based in New Zealand. He covers commercial aviation in the Asia-Pacific region.
Adrian was previously based in Aviation Week’s Washington office for nine years, writing for a range of the group’s publications and covering many aspects of the commercial aviation industry. He has won Australasian and international awards for his aviation writing.
Prior to joining Aviation Week in 2002, Adrian covered aviation industry and policy issues for two other publishing companies in Washington. He has also worked for newspapers in Texas and New Zealand, covering a wide range of topics. Adrian graduated from Auckland University with a degree in history and English in 1992.
FAA expects its final rule covering the use of ADS-B will be published in the spring of 2010. The notice of proposed rulemaking was published in October 2007, and the comment period closed March. Meanwhile, the ADS-B ground infrastructure has been deployed at the Southern Florida key site area, and this effort “has continued to meet all the program milestones,” FAA says.
House lawmakers yesterday strongly criticized FAA for bringing the multi-agency Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) further under the agency’s wing — without notifying Congress first.
FAA supplied incorrect delay numbers in a Departures column in the Sept. 10 issue of The DAILY. For New York Kennedy Airport, data from May 2008 through July 2008 show airport departure delays greater than one hour have decreased 22% and departure delays greater then two hours have decreased 25%. Airport departure delays consider both gate delays and taxi-out delays. These correct numbers still reflect a significant drop in departure delays.
