The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) recently sent a letter to the FAA’s Future of Aviation Advisory Committee (FAAC) taking it to task for misrepresentations regarding repair stations. “When the Department of Transportation formed the FAAC it brought together individuals from what it thinks of as the aviation powerhouses: the airlines, unions, some major corporations and a few academics. It is ARSA’s position that the $50 billion maintenance community that plays a major role in keeping the system running should be part of the interplay, but we weren’t invited to the table,” Sarah MacLeod, ARSA’s executive director, told AIN. “Repair stations are an integral part of the international aviation system. U.S. and foreign airlines, charter companies, general aviation operators and aircraft manufacturers around the world depend on maintenance facilities for everything from repairing aircraft to supporting supply chains,” MacLeod wrote in the letter.
One recurring issue addressed in the letter is the erroneous assertion that FAA-approved foreign repair stations aren’t held to the same standards and rules as U.S. repair stations and further controls and limitations must be exerted over them.
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