Aviation Safety: FAA's Efforts to Improve Oversight of Foreign Carriers
(Testimony, 10/04/94, GAO/T-RCED-95-33).

Although the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has taken several
steps to strengthen its oversight of foreign countries' civil aviation
programs and their individual carriers, GAO believes that FAA could do
more. The agency has finished assessments of the oversight capabilities
of the civil aviation authorities of 30 foreign governments, and the
Transportation Department has announced the results of these
assessments. Also, FAA is working with foreign aviation authorities to
improve their safety oversight programs and is increasing the frequency
of its inspections of carriers with known safety deficiencies. FAA and
the State Department have also developed better ways to track
enforcement cases referred to foreign governments for action. However,
these oversight efforts could be further refined if FAA implemented
GAO's recommendations that the agency (1) do more comprehensive
inspections of foreign carriers with safety problems, (2) inspect
U.S.-registered, foreign-operated aircraft before they return to service
in this country, and (3) follow up to determine whether identified
safety deficiencies have been corrected.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-RCED-95-33
     TITLE:  Aviation Safety: FAA's Efforts to Improve Oversight of 
             Foreign Carriers
      DATE:  10/04/94
   SUBJECT:  Commercial aviation
             Air transportation operations
             Safety regulation
             Safety standards
             Airline regulation
             International agreements
             International cooperation
             Foreign governments
             Transportation safety
             Inspection

             
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