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ADF Urges FAA to Keep Midway Atoll Open as a Trans-Pacific ETOPS Alternate
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ADF Urges FAA to Keep Midway Atoll Open as a Trans-Pacific ETOPS Alternate

The Airline Dispatchers Federation has filed a formal comment on FAA Docket 2026-8185, asking the FAA to preserve Midway Atoll's Henderson Field (PMDY) as an ETOPS alternate. Losing it, ADF told the agency, would leave trans-Pacific airline operations one airport …

September 22, 2026
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RSS · Atom · Updated September 22, 2026
ADF Urges FAA to Keep Midway Atoll Open as a Trans-Pacific ETOPS Alternate
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ADF Urges FAA to Keep Midway Atoll Open as a Trans-Pacific ETOPS Alternate

The Airline Dispatchers Federation has filed a formal comment on FAA Docket 2026-8185, asking the FAA to preserve Midway Atoll's Henderson Field (PMDY) as an ETOPS alternate. Losing …

Sep 22, 2026
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ADF Quarterly Update — August 2026
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ADF Quarterly Update — August 2026

News, advocacy updates, outreach and engagement activities for ADF members — the August 2026 Quarterly Edition, featuring Summit 2026.

Aug 10, 2026
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Leadership Transition at ADF
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Leadership Transition at ADF

Effective May 8, 2026, Jim Starnes has stepped down as President to focus full-time on government affairs. Miguel Reyes — an aircraft dispatcher at American Airlines — assumes …

May 25, 2026
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