Tag: FAA

Dr. Mike Ritze gets FAA recertified

October 24, 2019

Dr. J. Michael Ritze from Broken Arrow was recently awarded Recertification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as a senior FAA aviation medical examiner (AME). The aviation medical examiner (AME) is a designee of the FAA and is empowered to determine if a medical certificate can safely be granted for aviation duty. Therefore, no doctor/patient…

Military airspace bill

May 23, 2019

A bill clarifying confusing language regarding the protection of military airspace and training routes was signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt on Monday. House Bill 2118 was authored by Rep. Charles Ortega, R-Altus, who said the legislation is the continuation of efforts to protect military airspace after legislation passed during the 2018 session left…