Aviation safety, FAA's efforts to implement recommendations to improve certification and regulatory consistency face some challenges : testimony before the Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives / statement of Gerald L. Dillingham.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Dillingham, Gerald Lee, 1947- author.

Contributor:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, sponsoring body.

United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body.

Series:

Testimony ; GAO-14-728T.

Testimony ; GAO-14-728T

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Federal Aviation Administration--Rules and practice.

United States.

United States. Federal Aviation Administration.

Aeronautics--United States--Safety measures.

Aeronautics.

Aeronautics--Law and legislation--United States.

Aeronautics--Law and legislation.

Aeronautics--Safety measures.

Genre:

Rules.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations.

Other Title:

Aviation safety, Federal Aviation Administration's efforts to implement recommendations to improve certification and regulatory consistency face some challenges

FAA's efforts to implement recommendations to improve certification and regulatory consistency face some challenges

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2014.

Summary:

"Among its responsibilities for aviation safety, FAA issues certificates for new aircraft and parts, and grants approvals for changes to air operations and aircraft, based on federal aviation regulations. Various studies, GAO's prior work, and industry stakeholders have raised questions about the efficiency of FAA's certification and approval processes, as well as the consistency of its staff in interpreting aviation regulations. Over time, FAA has implemented efforts to address these issues, but they persist as FAA faces greater industry demand and its overall workload has increased. The 2012 FAA Modernization and Reform Act required FAA to work with industry to resolve these issues. In response, FAA chartered two committees--one to address certification and approval processes and another to address regulatory consistency--which recommended improvements in 2012. In 2013, FAA published an implementation plan for addressing the certification and approval process recommendations and promised to publish an implementation plan for addressing the regulatory consistency recommendations at a later date. This testimony provides information on FAA's progress in implementing the (1) certification and approval process recommendations and (2) regulatory consistency recommendations. It also discusses future challenges industry stakeholders believe FAA will face in implementing these recommendations. This testimony is based on GAO products issued from 2010 to 2014, updated in July 2014 through reviews of recent FAA and industry documents and interviews of FAA officials and industry representatives."--Highlights.

Notes:

"For release ... July 23, 2014."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF cover page (GAO, viewed September 26, 2014).

OCLC:

891393803