Tonight's FAA Seminar presented by Luke Garrison - NE Regional Office fo Airports, was an interesting look into the Federal airport construction for the coming year.

Some of the major upcoming work:

• Nantucket: Relocating Taxiway G, new Taxiway F, and decommissioned Runway 12/30
• Gardner: Rehab the runway and taxiway, relocation and removal of some taxiways. This will have significant impact.
• … and many others

Andy Davis, Worcester Airport Manager, reports some concerning recent events at Worcester, including:

• Failing to hold, resulting in runway incursion
• Taxiing on vehicle road marked with X
• Landing without clearance.

We are working on trying to incorporate these into a safety seminar possibly for June. Read more for details on the incidents.

MassDOT sent an email to airport managers reporting that as of May 5th, aircraft registrations for 2022 are down by half. They asked that managers forward the message to all aircraft owners and remind them that registration is required.

This is the first year MassDOT has converted from a paper / snail mail system to a new online system from SalesForce. My personal experience was that the system was very confusing and difficult to use. If you need to register your aircraft, you can access the MassDOT registration system here: https://www.mass.gov/how-to/how-to-register-an-aircraft

Note that when I completed my registration, they had not carried over previous registrations and I had to register a new aircraft. For first access, click the "Not a member?" link to create a new account on the MassDOT site.