by Jillian Gustafson | Sep 11, 2010 | Blog
Matt Ziemkiewicz reflected in an email last night how Fr. Mike was such an incredible support to his family after the loss of his sister, Jill, on TWA 800. And, he just discovered this excerpted homily Fr. Mike gave on the day before the terrorist attacks. Of course...
by Jillian Gustafson | Mar 23, 2010 | Blog
Late yesterday, by a vote of 93-0, the Senate (finally) passed the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act. The FAA has been authorized by short-term extensions since 2007, it took a lot to get to this point. Just this year: FAA is now under...
by Jillian Gustafson | Jan 25, 2010 | Blog
Ethiopian Air Flight 409 Sadly, last evening, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 caught fire (from early reports) and crashed shortly after takeoff from Beirut, Lebanon. Airsafe.com has a good summary, as of Monday afternoon. It appears as though none of the passengers...
by Jillian Gustafson | Jan 20, 2010 | Blog
I wanted to acknowledge four recent accidents that have communities around the country mourning. Smaller plane crashes seldom get wider news coverage, but our thoughts go out to those families, friends of the victims. Please reach out if you need assistance. ...
by Jillian Gustafson | Jan 20, 2010 | Blog
Today and tomorrow on the Hill, there will be a few committee hearings so that legislators can better understand what went wrong leading up to the attempted bombing of NW253 on Christmas. They are (from GovExec): Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...
