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An op/ed by a worker at the airport. Their conditions are terrible. As employees of subcontractors to the airlines, they don't even make the $15/hour other airport workers get.

James Fallows is an avid private pilot and knows airports well. This article provides a very reasonable takeaway of the event and lots of good links to learn all the details.

From Wikipedia: On August 10, 2018, a Horizon Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 was stolen from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (Sea–Tac) in SeaTac, Washington. The perpetrator, 29-year-old Richard Russell, was a Horizon Air ground service agent with no piloting experience. He performed an unauthorized takeoff and two McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighters were subsequently scrambled to

Senate bill does not include noise mandates

This is actually a Landrum & Brown site which stores all the documents they created and manage as part of their consulting with the Port of Seattle.

August 6, 2018 IN10947 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has initiated changes to airspace and flight procedures to take advantage of new technologies deployed under NextGen, a comprehensive air traffic modernization initiative that relies on satellite-based navigation and tracking to improve efficiency and airspace capacity. In some neighborhoods, however, FAA’s changes have increased overflights triggering

a Closer Look at the Sea-Tac Airport International Arrivals Facility

A glimpse of the new freighters and a chat about the ramifications of Alaska’s new capacity with Jason Berry, Alaska Air’s managing director of cargo.

Craig Watson (Port of Seattle)  The Port again declined to provide any information about the original complaint against its chief counsel or the investigation of him, and indicated it will not provide the public with any further details. By Mike Rosenberg  Seattle Times real estate reporter The Port of Seattle’s top lawyer, ousted this week