Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on AviationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Federal Oversight of the Maintenance and Repair of Aging Aircraft
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on AviationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Aircraft Maintenance
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Aircraft Maintenance
Author: U S Government Accountability Office (GPublisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289077563
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined: (1) increases in demand for heavy airframe maintenance; (2) air carriers' efforts to comply with new federal requirements for repairing aging aircraft; and (3) the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) oversight of air carriers' compliance with the new rules. GAO found that: (1) the demand for airframe repair and maintenance during the 1990 through 1994 compliance period will be much greater than FAA initially believed when it gave carriers 4 years to comply with airworthiness directives; (2) unverifiable data, extensive and unforeseen repairs, and additional maintenance work loads contributed to FAA underestimating the amount of repair work needed; (3) carriers noted that about 2,600 aircraft would be affected by structural or corrosion airworthiness directives by 1995, about twice the number affected by the structural airworthiness directives alone; (4) although carriers could begin repairing their oldest aircraft immediately, limited replacement parts, hangar space, and airframe mechanics delayed such work; (5) although 13 of 17 air carriers had written plans for complying with FAA rules, the lack of action by 9 carriers shows that they may not comply by the deadline; and (6) FAA did effectively oversee aging aircraft repairs.
Aging Aircraft Maintenance
Author: Kenneth M. MeadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Aircraft Maintenance
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Aircraft Maintenance
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Aircraft Maintenance
Author: U S Government Accountability Office (GPublisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289054489
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the aircraft repair station industry, focusing on the responses of 48 carriers and 35 independent repair stations to a questionnaire regarding aircraft maintenance demand, constraints on maintenance supply, and carriers' compliance with airworthiness directives. GAO presented: (1) a list of air carriers and independent repair stations that completed its mail survey of maintenance activities; (2) responses to its air carrier survey; and (3) responses to its independent repair station survey.
Aircraft Maintenance
Author: United States Government Accountability Office (GAO)Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781985558243
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
RCED-91-91B Aircraft Maintenance: Additional FAA Oversight Needed of Aging Aircraft Repairs (Vol. II)
Aging Aircraft
Author: U. S. Government Accountability Office (Publisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289043360
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
GAO assessed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) efforts to ensure the safety of aging commercial aircraft. GAO found that FAA: (1) sponsored a June 1988 international conference on aging aircraft after an accident involving an aging aircraft's structural failure; (2) and the airline industry initiated many promising actions to respond to conference recommendations and hosted a second conference to discuss those actions; (3) lacked a comprehensive plan for coordinating and evaluating initiatives to ensure participants' awareness of all activities and facilitate oversight of joint initiatives; and (4) could use its resources more effectively by developing hands-on aircraft inspection approaches to supplement paperwork reviews of maintenance records, analyzing trend data on aircraft maintenance and repair, and assessing the impact of the potential capacity shortage in the aircraft repair industry on the FAA inspection work force.
Meeting the Aging Aircraft Challenge
Author: U S Government Accountability Office (GPublisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289112318
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
GAO reviewed issues regarding aging aircraft, focusing on: (1) the status of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and aviation industry actions to respond to the problem of aging aircraft; and (2) FAA opportunities to more actively deal with emerging aircraft maintenance problems. GAO found that FAA and the aviation industry have taken many actions in response to the recommendations of a 1988 international conference on aging aircraft, but FAA should develop a unified plan to enhance coordination and oversight and should report periodically to Congress on the progress toward accomplishing the plan's goals. GAO also found that FAA could enhance air safety by: (1) achieving more hands-on aircraft inspection to supplement its paperwork review of maintenance records; (2) effectively utilizing its service difficulty reporting database to develop airworthiness directives, identify industry repair trends, and allocate inspection resources; and (3) dealing with the emerging problem of capacity shortage in the aircraft repair industry.