Safety Directives

Many of the planes that fall under the FAA order don't fall under U.S. auspices. FAA has authority only over U.S. operators, but government aviation agencies in most other countries usually follow FAA's safety directives

FAA has authority only over U.S. operators, but government aviation agencies in most other countries usually follow FAA's safety directives with their own orders. The 5-foot-long hole in the Southwest plane occurred near

US Airlines Pass FAA Test The second audit was broader than the FAA's first, which Northwest Airlines Violated FAA Safety Directives violated over 1000 Federal Aviation Administration safety directives. The investigation

In fact, a stream of safety directives from the Federal Aviation Administration in the years since the Aloha incident shows that structural cracks from metal fatigue remain a persistent problem on older planes. Late last year, the FAA itself acknowledged the seriousness of the issue when, for the first time, it issued a rule to [...]