On-demand operators have less stringent safety requirements and oversight than large commercial air carriers : Federal Aviation Administration.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Department of Transportation. Office of Inspector General

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeronautics, Commercial--United States--Safety measures.

Aeronautics, Commercial.

Aeronautics, Commercial--Safety regulations--United States.

Aeronautics, Commercial--Safety regulations.

Aeronautics--Safety measures.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations, color map

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, Office of Inspector General, [2009]

Summary:

On-demand operators have more risk in their operating environments and receive less oversight from FAA. For example, one on-demand operator we visited flew dozens of flights daily during the summer to take tourists to glaciers on which the aircraft landed and took off on skis. This operator flies 17 aircraft and was inspected 8 times by FAA in 2008. In contrast, a Part 121 operator with 10 aircraft, overseen by the same FAA oversight office, received 199 inspections in 2008. Industry and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have made recommendations to strengthen on-demand regulations. While FAA has made efforts to improve safety and adapt its oversight to the increased complexity of industry operations, it has not taken substantive action to address these recommendations. Further, FAA does not effectively target inspections to higher-risk on-demand operators. The number of fatalities from on-demand operations makes it imperative that FAA take action to address three issues we identified as it plans regulatory and oversight changes for the growing on-demand operator industry.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Feb. 11, 2013).

"Date issued: July 13, 2009."

"Report number: AV-2009-066."

OCLC:

444747551