Tue, Mar 02, 2004
Organization Concerned With Direction Of Agency's Review
Last Friday, February
27th, the TSA held a public meeting to discuss proposed new
security requirements for domestic and foreign Part 145 repair
stations. However, NATA is expressing cocnern with the direction
its review is taking. This initiative is the result of a provision
that was included within the Vision 100-Century of Aviation
Reauthorization Act that Congress approved and the President signed
into law late last falls. The new law directs the TSA to conduct
security audits of all foreign repair stations. These audits must
then be completed within 18 months.
Two members from NATA's Aircraft Maintenance and System
Technology Committee, Michael Mertens from Duncan Aviation in
Lincoln (NE) and Ed Green from Garrett Aviation in Ronkonkoma (NY)
attended the hearing to provide witness testimony.
"While we greatly appreciated the opportunity for our members to
participate in this public meeting, we are concerned about the path
this process may take," Eric Byer, NATA's director of government
& industry affairs explained.
Referencing the FAA reauthorization bill, he continued,
"Congressional intent clearly states that security audits should
take place for foreign repair stations, not domestic." We hope that
as this process progresses, TSA, as they have done so well in the
past, will work with this critical segment of the aviation industry
to ensure that whatever security measures come about as a result of
this process are fair and recognize the unique and varying sizes of
repair stations, both at home and abroad," Byer concluded.
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