The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has sided with the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (Arsa) against the FAA as reported last week. In accordance with Arsa’s request in a writ of mandamus, the court ordered the FAA to explain why it should not grant Arsa’s request to force the agency to comply with the court’s mandate to perform a final regulatory flexibility analysis (FRFA) of its 2006 drug and alcohol rules. The FAA must respond to the court by 4 p.m. tomorrow (March 10, 2011).
“It is extremely troubling that it takes courts to ensure the government follows its own mandates. If the final analysis is as problematic as the initial product of the agency, the association will again be forced to remind the agency of its responsibilities,” Arsa executive director Sarah MacLeod told AIN. “Neither the association nor the industry made the rules but we sure are required to follow them; therefore, we will continue to demand the same compliance from the government agency.”
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