{"id":25799,"date":"2025-01-13T12:17:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T12:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/airbus\/faa-understaffing-affects-air-operations-oversight-ntsb-falls-short-too\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T12:17:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T12:17:25","slug":"faa-understaffing-affects-air-operations-oversight-ntsb-falls-short-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=25799","title":{"rendered":"FAA understaffing affects air operations oversight; NTSB falls short, too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Subscription Required<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Colleen Mondor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Commentary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leehamnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FAA.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-45913 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/leehamnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FAA.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"156\"\/><\/a>Jan. 13, 2025, \u00a9 Leeham News<\/strong>: When discussing the topic of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) staffing, it is traditionally Air Traffic Controllers that command media attention. Even when problems surfaced after the Boeing 737 MAX accidents in 2018-19, and following the Jan. 5, 2024, door plug failure on Alaska Airlines flight 1282, the discussion of FAA oversight remained narrow, focused only on Boeing.<\/p>\n<p>Staffing levels within Flight Standards District Offices (FSDO) and how they impact commercial operations, especially among Part 135 operators, are rarely mentioned. (Part 135 operators are commuter airlines and on-demand companies.) And yet it is the inspectors for operations, maintenance, and avionics who can have the greatest positive impact on flight safety or, when absent, the most detrimental.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2019 and 2023, there were 330 accidents involving Part 135 operators. (More than 100 occurred while operating under Part 91 or Part 133. Part 91 are individuals and corporate operators. Part 133 covers rotorcraft external operations.) In 11 of them, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) conducted extensive interviews with FAA inspectors. Such interviews are largely the only way to obtain direct information on inspectors&#8217; feelings about staffing and workload concerns. Their experiences vary, with Alaska standing out with the most severe staff shortages. A common theme is not having enough time to conduct in-person visits.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subscription Required By Colleen Mondor Commentary Jan. 13, 2025, \u00a9 Leeham News: When discussing the topic of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) staffing, it is traditionally Air Traffic Controllers that command media attention. 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