Aviation Safety: FAA Generally Agrees With But is Slow in Implementing Safety Recommendations

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Civil aviation
  • Aviation safety
  • Safety programs
  • Oversight
  • Compliance
  • Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
  • Safety recommendations
• Publication/ Report Number:
  GAO/RCED-96-193
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1403138
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• Abstract:
  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), within the Department of Transportation (DOT), is responsible for promoting safety in civil air transportation. General Accounting Office (GAO) and DOT's Office of Inspector General review FAA's safety programs, and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigates aviation accidents. The three organizations make recommendations to FAA aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of FAA's activities and functions and at improving aviation safety. This report focuses on two questions. 1) What has FAA's overall record been in responding to, agreeing with, and implementing significant recommendations concerning aviation safety made by GAO, DOT's Inspector General and the from 1990 through 1994? 2) To what extent have GAO's specific recommendations in the areas of aircraft certification, airline inspections, and oversight of foreign carriers and NTSB's recommendations concerning safety on runways been fully implemented?
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12746/dot_12746_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 349.99 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7c6bcb8ef1faf99db3cbcfa8a0bdb2fe5d3bdb2dc942d2b01e971e3c79b5f8c932093a59ddcdf23535ab37d347c0f00ebe886a913eae79656647b35420f7f068