Colleen Mondor

Alaska, United States

I write a lot about aviation. Author: THE MAP OF MY DEAD PILOTS. Newsletter: https://t.co/YhdilKVUS7 Never met a federal database I didn't love.

Articles

Trump-proposed cut to federal Essential Air Service would fall on rural Alaska

6 days ago | kyuk.org | Colleen Mondor

A program that has subsidized commercial aviation rural routes and is particularly significant in Alaska is a target for a more than 50% reduction in funding under President Donald Trump’s budget proposal. On May 2, White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought released Trump’s recommendations for 2026 federal funding levels. One target for significant reduction was the nearly 50-year-old Essential Air Service (EAS) program.
Trump-proposed cut to federal Essential Air Service would fall on rural Alaska

6 days ago | juneauempire.com | Colleen Mondor

A program that has subsidized commercial aviation rural routes and that is particularly significant in Alaska is a target for a more than 50% reduction in funding under President Donald Trump’s budget proposal. On May 2, White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought released Trump’s recommendations for 2026 federal funding levels. One target for significant reduction was the nearly 50-year-old Essential Air Service program.
Trump-proposed cut to federal Essential Air Service would fall on rural Alaska

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Colleen Mondor

Adak's airport is on the right of this photo, which was taken in 1986, 11 years before the Naval Air Facility Adak closed. Adak is served by the Essential Air Service, targeted by President Donald Trump's administration for cuts.
Possible Postal Service changes present challenge to Alaska Bypass Mail

1 month ago | kyuk.org | Colleen Mondor

In late February, Alaska Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, issued a letter to the state’s congressional delegation voicing concerns over active and proposed federal spending cuts. In a list of potentially targeted agencies and programs, they included one unique to Alaska: Bypass Mail. Bypass Mail is an Alaska-only classification of parcel post mail that bypasses United States Postal Service (USPS) facilities.
Possible Postal Service changes present challenge to Alaska Bypass Mail

1 month ago | newsminer.com | Colleen Mondor

In late February, Alaska Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, issued a letter to the state’s congressional delegation voicing concerns over active and proposed federal spending cuts. In a list of potentially targeted agencies and programs they included one unique to Alaska: Bypass Mail. Bypass Mail is an Alaska-only classification of parcel post mail that bypasses U.S. Postal Service facilities.
Possible Postal Service changes present challenge to Alaska Bypass Mail

1 month ago | kodiakdailymirror.com | Colleen Mondor

In late February, Alaska Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, issued a letter to the state’s congressional delegation voicing concerns over active and proposed federal spending cuts. In a list of potentially targeted agencies and programs they included one unique to Alaska: Bypass Mail. Bypass Mail is an Alaska-only classification of parcel post mail that bypasses U.S. Postal Service facilities.
Possible Postal Service changes present challenge to Alaska Bypass Mail

1 month ago | juneauempire.com | Juneau Empire |Colleen Mondor

In late February, Alaska Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, issued a letter to the state’s congressional delegation voicing concerns over active and proposed federal spending cuts. In a list of potentially targeted agencies and programs they included one unique to Alaska: Bypass Mail. Bypass Mail is an Alaska-only classification of parcel post mail that bypasses U.S. Postal Service facilities.
#25: Notes on several recent aviation accidents

1 month ago | colleenmondor.substack.com | Colleen Mondor

The NTSB has released some Preliminary Reports on several crashes over the past six weeks. I’ve put together a rundown on what we know. There have been regular official updates on the midair collision between American Airlines flight 1542 and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on January 29 and the Preliminary Report was released last week. The paywall is down on the article I wrote about this accident for Leeham News, and it provides a lot of information on the airspace and why it is so crowded.
Possible Postal Service changes present challenge to Alaska Bypass Mail

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Colleen Mondor

A plane flies over the town after taking off from the dirt runway on Sept. 14, 2019, in Kivalina, Alaska. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)In late February, Alaska Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, issued a letter to the state’s congressional delegation voicing concerns over active and proposed federal spending cuts. In a list of potentially targeted agencies and programs they included one unique to Alaska: Bypass Mail.
The FAA: Tombstone Agency or Hampered by Tombstone Politics?

2 months ago | leehamnews.com | Colleen Mondor |Scott Hamilton

Special Report: The US Federal Aviation Administration is known to be slow in mandating changes related to safety. The FAA has come under widespread criticism for Congress and families of crash victims, in recent history with increasing frequency. Sometimes called the Tombstone Agency, this name emerged after the FAA repeatedly failed to implement safety requirements until after fatal or near-fatal air crashes.