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Staffing Standards for Aviation Safety Inspectors
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is responsible for ensur- ing safety in all U.S. civil aviation. Two offices within the Aviation Safety (AVS) organization enforce and maintain aviation safety regulations and promote safety in aviation. The Flight Standards Service (AFS) is charged with overseeing aviation operations, maintenance, training, and other programs, and the Aircraft Certification Service (AIR) is charged with ensuring the safety of aircraft design and manufacture. In 2005 there were over 3,600 aviation safety inspectors (ASIs): about 3,450 in AFS and 175 in AIR. The number of these inspectors employed by the FAA has changed little over the past several years, although aviation industries have been expanding and changing rapidly. Also, the FAA has made more use of what it calls designees—nongovernment employees certified to act on behalf of the FAA—to assume some of the responsibilities formerly as- signed to aviation safety inspectors. There is concern in several communi- ties that the staffing levels of safety inspectors may not be adequate to fulfill the FAA’s responsibilities. The Aviation Subcommittee of the Com- mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the U.S. House of Repre- sentatives responded to these concerns by mandating the current study in the Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act.
William C. Howell and Susan B. Van Hemel - Personal Name
0-309-66555-8
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Business Policy and Strategy
English
2006
1-139
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