Sun, Nov 13, 2011
Sessions Will Focus On Oversight, Responsibilities Of Public
Aircraft Operators
The NTSB has released the preliminary agenda for a two-day
Public Aircraft Oversight Safety Forum which will begin at 0900 EST
on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 and continue through Thursday,
December 1st. NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman will chair the
forum and all five Board Members will participate. The forum is
open to all and free to attend.
NTSB Chair Hersman
Public aircraft are operated by a
federal, state, or local government for the purpose of fulfilling
governmental functions such as firefighting, search and rescue, law
enforcement, aeronautical research, or biological or resource
management. Government organizations conducting public aircraft
operations supervise their own flight operations without oversight
from the FAA.
The goals of the forum, entitled "Public Aircraft Oversight Forum:
Ensuring Safety for Critical Missions", are to (1) raise awareness
of the importance of effective oversight in ensuring the safety of
public aircraft operations; (2) identify where responsibility lies
for oversight of public aircraft operations; and (3) facilitate the
sharing of best practices and lessons learned across a number of
parties involved in the oversight of public aircraft
operations.
All of these areas will be explored through presentations by
invited representatives from federal, state, and local government
entities, aviation industry trade associations, and civil operators
contracting with government agencies. At the conclusion of all
presentations for each topic area, presenters will take part in a
question and answer discussion with Board Members and NTSB
staff.
Wednesday's sessions will include defining public aircraft and
oversight, as well as the FAA's role in public aircraft oversight,
and the oversight of government-owned aircraft. On Thursday, the
discussions will turn to aircraft working on contracts as public
aircraft. A detailed agenda and list of participants will be
released closer to the date of the event.
Organizations and individuals can submit questions for
consideration as part of the question and answer discussions.
Submissions should directly address one or more of the forum's
seven topic areas (identified by the panel titles) and should be
submitted to publicaircraft@ntsb.gov. The
deadline for receipt is November 25, 2011.
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