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29 Air & Space Law. 1 (2016)

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AMIERICAN  BAR  ASSOCIATTON


The FAA's Move to Perforrance-Based

Oversight: Developments, Challenges, and

Shifting Legal Landscapes


By David Grizzle, Marc Warren, and Steven Seiden


   n a recent speech before the
   Flighi Safety Foundation,
   Federal Aviation Administra-
tor Michael Huerta announced a
new approach to aviation safety
oversight: we recognize that the
aviation environment has reached a
level of complexity where we can't
achieve further safety improve-
ments by following a purely
rule-based approach Instead,
Administrator Huerta proclaimed a
new Compliance Philosophy:

  We  are using data, not cal-
  endar dates, to determine


  when  and where to conduct surveillance and
  inspections. We . . . expect our employees 1O use
  critical thinking, which is essential to successful
  implementation of the Compliance Philosophy.
  We want inspectors to use their judgment, expe-
  rience, expertise and qualifications to identify
  risk, to work with the individual or operator, and
  to identify the most appropriate tools needed to
  permanently fix the problemsI

  Regrettably, at approximately the same time as Admin-
istrator Huerta was announcing the Federal Aviation
Administration's (FAA's) dedication to a new data- and
risk-based oversight paradigm, the Department of

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