Wed, Nov 01, 2006
Says Many Are Already Being Acted On
The National Air Transportation
Association (NATA) reports it endorses the spirit of National
Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) safety recommendations for Part
135 operators announced at Tuesday's hearing.
As Aero-News reported, the
NTSB hearing adopted a final report on the probable cause of an
accident at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey involving a Canadair
Challenger CL-600 aircraft (file photo of type, below). The
February 2005 accident sparked a Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) investigation of air charter operational control that has led
to the pending release of new guidance for the industry and revised
standards for operators.
"The NTSB’s recommendations are generally reasonable, and
we are pleased to note that several are already being acted upon by
the FAA and industry," said NATA Vice President of Government and
Industry Affairs Eric R. Byer.
Specifically, Byer pointed to the revision of Operation
Specification A008 that establishes more clearly the FAA’s
expectations for air carriers with regard to operational control
and explained, "Unfortunately 'operational control' has been a
vaguely defined concept for decades. The new A008 spells out what
is and is not acceptable in a way that will help operators avoid
future pitfalls.
"In our opinion, the NTSB’s recommendation related to
operational control will be satisfied by implementation of the new
A008."
The recommendation regarding formal training of all cabin
personnel has also recently been addressed by the industry. As part
of the FAA’s Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) for Parts
135 and 125, formal proposals for the training of cabin service
specialists were supported by industry.
"It is our understanding that the FAA is making progress on
issuing this and other ARC recommendations as proposed
regulations," Byer stated.
NATA encourages operators to take any necessary actions to
ensure that all passengers are properly secured by seatbelts, as
currently required by regulations. The NTSB issued a recommendation
related to accessibility of seatbelts, because some passengers on
the accident aircraft were not wearing seatbelts.
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