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CED-79-10 1 (1978-11-21)

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DOCUMiENT RESUME


08178 - fC32683701

Commercial Safety Regulations Are Avcided by Some Large Aircraft
Operators. CED-79-10: B-164497(1). November 21, 1978. 3 pp. +
appendix (13 pp.).

Report to Brock Adams, Secretary, Department of Transportation;
by Henry Eschweqe, Director, Community and Economic Development
Div.

Issue Area: Transportation Systems and Policies: Domestic Air
    Carrier System (2413).
Contact: Community and Economic Development Div.
Budget Function: Ccmmerce and Transportation: Air Transpcrtation
    (405).
Orqanization Concerned: Federal Aviation Administration.
Conqressional Relevance: House Committee cm Public Works and
    Transportation; Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and
    Transportation.

         A review of the Federal Aviation Administration's
(FAA's) enforcement of commercial aviation safety regulations
revealed several problems involving scne large aircraft
operators. Findings/Conclusions: Large aircraft operators who
avoid compliance with commercial safety regulations not cnly
have an unfair competitive advantage over commercial operators
who comply with the costly commercial safety regulaticne but, in
some cases, are operating unsafely. Umder existing regulations,
foreign air carriers can lease U.S.-registered aircraft and
operate in this country under the less stringent private
requlations. This action also has ccmpetitive and safety
implications. Stiffer safety regulations for private large
aircraft may lead some operators to transfer their aircraft
reqistrations to foreign countries, where there is littl*
regulation, and then to continue operations in the United States
under a foreign operating permit. FAA officials plan to upgrade
private large aircraft regulations which will make them more
comparable to commercial regulations. Reccamendations: Any new
requlations should provide FAA field inspectors with the
necessary tools to enforce compliance with the regulations. To
lessen the possibility that private cperatcrs will avoid safety
requlation by moving their operations and aircraft registry to a
foreign country, the FAA should work with the Civil Aeronautics
Board and the State Department to develop and enforce a
reqirement stipulating that all foreign air carriers flying in
the aited States at least meet the International Civil Aviation
Orqanization's safety standards. (RES)

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