TSA, At Last, Issues Final Repair Station Security Rules
The new TSA rules seek to, among other things, address the risk of stealing an unattended, large (weighing more than 12,500 pounds) aircraft capable of flight. (Photo: Matt Thurber)
The new TSA rules seek to, among other things, address the risk of stealing an unattended, large (weighing more than 12,500 pounds) aircraft capable of flight. (Photo: Matt Thurber)

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued a final rule covering repair station security. “This action brings an end to the Federal Aviation Administration [FAA] ban on certifying new foreign repair stations,” according to the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (Arsa). The new rules are the result of the Vision 100–Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act, 10-year-old legislation that effectively banned the FAA from certifying new foreign repair stations until the new rules went into effect. The new rules, which go into effect in about a month-and-a-half, will apply to the 4,067 FAA-approved Part 145 repair stations in the U.S. and 707 outside the U.S. (as of August 2013).

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