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2015 – 2016 Edition, 23Feb16Although dated 23Feb16, addendum 4 was released on Friday, February 26, 2016. The addendum incorporates the prohibition of lithium ion batteries UN3480 as cargo on pas … read more

The Death of Lithium Batteries in TransportationOn January 27, 2016, The ICAO Air Navigation Commission voted to ban lithium ion batteries as cargo on passenger airplanes. In October 2015, The ICA … read more

Back in the day the international standard for classifying a marine pollutant was the one percent, 10 percent rule. There were / are two types of marine pollutants; A severe marine pollutant and … read more

Regulations, regulations, regulations, my gosh, will it ever stop? Enough with the bureaucracy already. But wait, we’re talking about people flying in airplanes. I’m okay with that. Make all the … read more

The Department of Transportation calls them civil penalties. We call them fines. The end result is the same. They hurt.In 2013, hundreds of violations totaling more than 1.8 million dollars in fines … read more