Regulatory

FAA Releases ICA Order

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released its long-awaited Order on Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (Order 8110.54).

Unfortunately, the Order fails to adopt many of the proposals in the Joint…

Repair Station Training Final Advisory Circular 145-10

The FAA has issued AC 145-10, Repair Station Training Program, a 49-page guide to developing the program required under Part 145, section 145.163 (categories of training, training program components, and…

ARSA Comments on Proposed Change to Standard Airworthiness Regulation

In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued on February 15, 2005, the FAA proposed a change to 14 CFR section 21.183 that would limit the issuance of standard airworthiness certificates…

Drug and Alcohol Proposal Flawed, Industry tells FAA

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 17, 2004 – Led by the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA), a broad-based aviation industry coalition submitted comments in response to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) proposed…

Expanded Drug and Alcohol Testing Program To Make Major Impact on Aviation

Thousands of Small Businesses Potentially Affected

WASHINGTON, D.C. May 19, 2004 – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is preparing to drastically increase the scope of its antidrug and alcohol misuse…