Regulations and Government
FAA Tackles Cockpit Smoke from Many Angles
Dense, continuous smoke in the cockpit is a rare occurrence.
Dense, continuous smoke in the cockpit is a rare occurrence.

Responding to a mandate from Congress to study the FAA’s oversight of cockpit smoke mitigation, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that dense, continuous smoke occurs so infrequently that it was not practical for the GAO to reach a conclusion about the effectiveness of the FAA’s actions.