Tue, May 26, 2009
With the US House's
passage of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act
of 2009, the Aircraft Electronics Association is relived to see FAA
funding moving forward in this manner; however, the AEA is
disappointed H.R. 915 includes language requiring FAA
representative to conduct two annual inspections of foreign Part
145 certificated repair facilities.
"While we are happy to see the House of Representatives move
forward with FAA funding while maintaining the current aviation
excise tax system to do so, we are disappointed in the language
requiring twice-yearly inspections and the impact it would have on
repair stations," said Paula Derks, president of AEA.
Section 303 of the
bill requires the FAA to send inspectors to Europe twice a year for
mandated inspections of FAA-certified repair stations. This
provision seriously jeopardizes the negotiated implementation
strategies of the U.S./European Union bilateral aviation safety
agreement.
In addition, the proposal would impose undue financial burdens
on U.S.-based AEA-member repair stations possessing EASA 145
certificates as well as U.S. FAA Part 145 repair stations in Europe
as they would be required to pay for this additional mandated
"FAA-only" audit.
Derks and Ric Peri, vice president of government and industry
affair for AEA, met with Sen. Claire McCaskill's (D-MO) office in
Washington, D.C., two weeks ago to discuss the foreign repair
station security issue and the AEA's position. McCaskill is on the
Homeland Security Committee and a proponent of additional security
for foreign-certified repair stations.
As this bill moves forward, the AEA is pushing for a revision of
Section 303.
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