United States Department of Transportation
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Aviation Safety: Targeting and Training of FAA's Safety Inspector Workforce
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1996-04-30
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TRIS Online Accession Number:00722653
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NTL Classification:NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Laws and Regulations;NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Safety/Airworthiness;NTL-LAWS AND REGULATIONS-Federal Standards and Rules;
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Abstract:This is the statement of Gerald L. Dillingham, Associate Director,
Transportation and Telecommunications Issues, Resources, Community, and
Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office, on the Federal
Aviation Administration's (FAA) safety inspection program. FAA's Office of
Flight Standards Service develops the federal aviation regulations that
airlines must follow and prepares guidance on how FAA safety inspectors should
perform inspections. This office also inspects commercial and general aviation
aircraft, aircraft repair stations, schools for pilot training and maintenance,
and pilots. These inspections serve as part of an early warning system to
identify potential safety-related problems. Mr. Dillion's testimony draws on
GAO work since 1987 on FAA's targeting of inspection resources and its
inspector training. In addition, the GAO interviewed about 50 inspectors and
their comments on training have been incorporated where relevant to the issues
discussed in this testimony. The comments made by these inspectors are not
projectable to FAA's entire inspection training program, but their views and
ongoing work by the Department of Transportation's Inspector General (DOT IG)
indicate that long-standing problems with inspector training continue to exist.
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