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June 17, 2020
Science and Transportation received information from a whistleblower alleging misconduct by Federal Aviation Administration FAA managers at the Flight Standards District Office FSDO in Honolulu Hawai i This...information received by the committee about these accidents is concerning the committee does not conduct aviation accident investigations or determine cause The committee s oversight investigation is focused on...regulations and thereby ensuring the safest aviation system possible Dozens of FAA whistleblowers contend that it is not The National Transportation Safety Board NTSB is responsible for conducting accident...
January 31, 2020
Science and Transportation received information from a whistleblower alleging misconduct by Federal Aviation Administration FAA managers at the Flight Standards District Office in Honolulu Hawai i This initial...knowledge was indirect but well known by local employees and representatives of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialist PASS union On July 31 2019 Chairman Wicker sent a letter to then Acting FAA Administrator...included in the July letter This prioritized request again included information regarding a specific aviation company in Hawai i A second FAA employee whistleblower contacted the committee in December 2019...
November 11, 2019
aircraft Airworthiness Certificates allowing them to enter revenue service In May of 2018 an FAA Aviation Safety Inspector ASI discovered discrepancies in the records of some of these 88 aircraft during routine...maintenance to come into compliance The letter gave Southwest Airlines two business days to conduct a Safety Risk Analysis SRA to determine whether issues identified in the evaluation of the first 39 aircraft...Office of Air Carrier Safety Assurance and eventually to the Deputy Executive Director of the FAA Flight Standards Service The ASI repeatedly articulated significant risk to aviation safety but no significant...
