Fri, Jul 02, 2004
Young, Mica, Clarify Intent On Repair Station Security
Legislation
Representative Don Young (R-AK,
right), Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation &
Infrastructure, along with Representative John Mica (R-FL, below,
right), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Aviation, sent a
letter to TSA Acting Administrator David Stone stating that repair
stations conducting work on aircraft certificated under Parts 135
and 91 should not be subject to the same security requirements as
those performing maintenance on Part 121 aircraft.
The letter, sent on June 29 at the request of the National Air
Transportation Association (NATA) and the Aircraft Electronics
Association (AEA), serves to clarify the intent of Congress
regarding a mandate for aircraft repair station security
regulations that was contained within the "Vision 100 - Century of
Aviation Reauthorization Act."
Section 611 of Vision 100 requires the TSA to issue regulations
to strengthen the security of foreign and domestic repair stations.
In the letter, Chairmen Young and Mica stated that Congress did not
intend to have repair stations that work exclusively on Part 135
and Part 91 aircraft regulated in the same manner as those that
perform maintenance on Part 121 aircraft. With thousands of these
general aviation repair stations located at sites miles from any
airport, Young and Mica argued that these stations "do not pose any
direct threat to civil aviation." Proposed regulations are still
being formulated by the TSA.
"We are very pleased that Chairmen Young and Mica recognize the
unique nature of repair stations that work only on Part 135 and 91
aircraft," stated James K. Coyne, NATA President. "Now that the
precise intentions of Congress in crafting the legislation have
been expressed, the TSA will be able to follow the mandate of
strengthening security at aircraft repair stations without a
'one-size-fits-all' approach."
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