Aviation Safety: FAA Generally Agrees with but Is Slow in Implementing Safety Recommendations

United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-09-23 monographic deposited born digital 63 p. GA 1.13:RCED-96-193 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-193 P0b002ee1803878e9 f:rc96193 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-193 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-193 RCED-96-193 Transportation safety Interagency relations Inspection Airline regulation Safety regulation Air transportation operations Aircraft accidents Human resources training FAA National Resource Specialist Program FAA ASAS Program Tracking and Reporting Subsystem FAA Airport Movement Area Safety System FAA Airport Surface Detection Equipment Radar FAA Safety Performance Analysis System FAA Aircraft Production Certification Program Chapter Report RCED

Aviation Safety: FAA Generally Agrees with but Is Slow in Implementing Safety Recommendations Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) responsiveness to aviation safety-related recommendations made by GAO, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Office of the Inspector General (IG).<p/>GAO found that FAA: (1) generally concurred with the recommendations on aviation safety made by GAO, NTSB, and DOT IG and has implemented 64 percent of the 256 recommendations made between 1990 and 1994; and (2) often did not meet the established timeframes for implementing recommendations, did not establish completion dates for implementing recommendations, and did not meet statutory requirements for initially responding to GAO recommendations. GAO also found that, in response to GAO and NTSB recommendations, FAA: (1) has taken several actions to improve aircraft certification by revising guidance, reassessing the responsibilities and training of certification staff and technical specialists, and improving oversight; (2) has taken several actions to improve its inspection program, but it has not fully implemented a strategy to improve the quality of data used in its resource targeting system; and (3) has not completed actions regarding critical runway safety issues, although both it and NTSB considered several of the recommendations closed. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-193/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-193.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-193/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-193.pdf GAO/RCED-96-193 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-193 Chapter Report GAO/RCED-96-193; Aviation Safety: FAA Generally Agrees with but Is Slow in Implementing Safety Recommendations; Transportation safety Interagency relations Inspection Airline regulation Safety regulation Air transportation operations Aircraft accidents Human resources training FAA National Resource Specialist Program FAA ASAS Program Tracking and Reporting Subsystem FAA Airport Movement Area Safety System FAA Airport Surface Detection Equipment Radar FAA Safety Performance Analysis System FAA Aircraft Production Certification Program United States Code Title 49 Section 1135 Title 49 Section 44701 49 U.S.C. 1135 49 U.S.C. 44701 United States Public Law 510 (91st Congress) Public Law 91-510 United States Public Law 504 (100th Congress) Public Law 100-504