Contributor - Accidents and Regulations

Contributor - Accidents and Regulations

Gordon Gilbert

Following up on a March 2021 review of the progress of the FAA’s next generation air transportation program (NextGen), the DOT Office of Inspector General (IG) has initiated&nbsp;<a href="https://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/39331">another audit</a>. As in the previous review, the IG will assess the funding, milestones, benefits, oversight, and status of recommendations of the FAA’s multibillion-dollar, multi-year complex infrastructure effort aimed at modernizing National Airspace System technologies and procedures.
The IG has audited the FAA on various aspects of NextGen nearly 70 times since its inception in 2002. In its 2021 audit, the IG concluded that NextGen’s “actual and projected benefits have not kept pace with initial projections due to implementation challenges, optimistic assumptions, and other factors.” According to that report, NextGen’s benefits achieved to date have been minimal and difficult to measure.
“Projections were optimistic about traffic growth and did not account for risk factors,”&nbsp;said Eric&nbsp;Soskin, DOT IG. “We also found that significant declines in air traffic due to Covid-19 have further extended the timeframe for realizing expected NextGen benefits.” In addition, prior IG NextGen-related work “has identified lessons that the FAA could use to improve NextGen delivery.”
The FAA concurred with the IG’s three recommendations made in 2021. “Accordingly, we consider all recommendations resolved but open pending completion of the planned actions.”

News, issues, personnel, equipment and developments about air traffic management.

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New developments at airports including regulations and noise issues; legal disputes; openings, acquisitions and mergers.

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

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Issues regarding financing of aircraft; aviation insurance; tax issues for aircraft operators; new companies and people in the aviation financing and insurance industries.

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

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News and issues relating to civil and military unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) of all kinds and sizes, including those used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), combat (unmanned combat air vehicles, or UCAVs), law enforcement, research and other applications. Of particular focus is the FAA's planned integration of UAS into the U.S. national airspace system.

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News and issues concerning general aviation, specifically airplanes and helicopters powered by piston and alternative engines (i.e., non-turbine powered aircraft). Subjects include aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

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