AIA Comments on TSA’s Repair Station Security Plans
AIA submitted industry comments to the Transportation Security Administration on the proposed rulemaking for repair station security published in November.
As part of the FAA Reauthorization Act enacted in 2003, TSA has been under a congressional mandate to issue rules for the security of aircraft repair stations. In addition, passage of the 9/11 Commission Act in 2007 established a moratorium on the certification of new foreign repair facilities if TSA failed to pass a final rule by Aug. 3, 2008. Consequently, the aerospace industry faces unknown delays in opening new foreign repair facilities due to the moratorium.
In the comments, AIA stresses the need to promulgate a rule in a timely manner while continuing to coordinate with FAA and industry to produce a final rule consistent with the realities of operating repair stations.
AIA would also like to see TSA work with Congress and the FAA to recognize Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreements. The agreements allow each country’s approved maintenance organization to perform work without having additional certification from the other country.
AIA’s comments to the TSA are available on the AIA web site at http://www.aia-aerospace.org/assets/aia_tsa_2004_17131.pdf.
AIA Source: ranee.carr[at]aia-aerospace.org
