The FAA has released the audio recording of a Teterboro air traffic controller's phone banter in the moments before a small plane and sightseeing helicopter collided over the Hudson River on August 8th. We look forward to hearing this moron's voice in our heads next time we fly: more ›

There's simply no consensus about how to regulate aircraft in the crowded airspace above the Hudson River. Yesterday the FAA announced new rules for the area—rules that fundamentally differ from those recommended by the National Transportation Safety Board, which issued its own recommendations last month. And neither of those sets of rules have satisfied some local politicians, who want an immediate ban on the kind of helicopter tourism that contributed to the horrific midair collision on Aug. 8th between a single-engine plane a chopper packed with Italian tourists. more ›