Linda Blachly is Senior Associate Editor for Air Transport World and Aviation Week. She joined the company in July 2010 and is responsible for producing features for Air Transport World’s monthly magazine and engaging content for the aviationweek.com. She is based in the Washington DC office.
Linda received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland.
Previous positions include Publisher & Editor-in-Chief, Trips & Getaways magazine; Editor, The Bowie Blade-News, published by Capital-Gazette Communications; and Managing Editor, The Prince George’s Sentinel. She has also worked as an editor for book publishers, Maryland Historical Press and BOMI Institute.
Linda lives in Gambrills, MD and enjoys family time with her three adult children and six grandchildren.
The FAA has proposed a civil penalty of $13.57 million against Boeing for failing to meet a deadline to submit service instructions enabling airlines to further reduce the risk of fuel tank explosions on more than 380 Boeing jetliners, stemming from the TWA flight 800 crash in July 1996.
Communications Workers of America (CWA) fleet and passenger service employees have voted to ratify a four-and-a-half-year collective bargaining agreement with Piedmont Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of US Airways.
The FAA is proposing two civil penalties totaling $987,500 against Delta Air Lines (DL) for allegedly operating an Airbus A320 and a Boeing 737-800 on flights when they were not in compliance with federal aviation regulations.
