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Major Overhaul of FAA Is Needed, Expert Tells Committee |
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Monday, 21 July 2008 |
Date: 8 July 2008
To: House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
From: Gabriel D. Bruno
Subject: Rebuilding the FAA
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure under Rep. [James] Oberstar’s [D-MN] leadership has created a rare window of opportunity to reestablish a regulatory agency long misled and lost. The opportunity to set the standard of public service and aviation safety will impact both public safety and economic viability for the air carriers for the next decade and beyond. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 July 2008 )
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Congress Seeks Separation of Agency From Airlines |
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Monday, 21 July 2008 |
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One wonders what it takes for an employee to get fired at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). On 15 July, legislation was introduced in Congress that addresses maintenance malfeasance issues raised by FAA whistleblowers at a 3 April 2008 hearing before the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, at which an inspection debacle was detailed regarding the possibly too-cozy relationship between the FAA and the airlines it regulates (see Aviation Safety & Security Digest, ‘Committee Vows to Legislate Changes to Strengthen Oversight of Airlines,’ archive). |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 21 July 2008 )
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Unsaved – The Deadly Medical Helicopter Accident Record |
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Monday, 07 July 2008 |
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On the flight to or from the hospital, one should not run the greater risk of maiming or death. Yet that is precisely the mortal dilemma, based on two fatal accidents involving emergency medical service (EMS) helicopters in June. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 21 July 2008 )
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