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FAA STEPS UP ENFORCEMENT OF LASER PENALTIES
May 17, 2012
The FAA has directed its investigators and staff to pursue stiffer penalties for individuals who purposefully point laser devices at aircraft. “Shining a laser at an airplane is not a laughing matter.
AIRLINES AND PILOTS BATTLE OVER CONTRACTS, SAFETY
May 16, 2012
(CBS News) United Airlines pilots have not had a new contract for nine years. Recently, their union launched a publicity campaign called "The Unfriendly Skies" telling passengers the airline is not only unfriendly, but actually unsafe.

SECURITY NEWS

AL-QAEDA UNDERWEAR BOMBER 'WAS UNDERCOVER AGENT'
May 09, 2012
A would-be suicide attacker in a foiled "underwear bomb" plot was an undercover agent, reports from the US say.
CIA FOILS NEW AL-QAEDA UNDERWEAR BOMB PLOT AGAINST AIRLINER
May 08, 2012
U.S. bomb experts are picking apart a sophisticated new al-Qaeda improvised explosive device, a top Obama administration counterterrorism official said Tuesday, to determine if it could have slipped past airport security and taken down a commercial airplane.

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