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ARSA urges DHS to finalise repair station rules
The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA), along with 11 other aviation organisations, has sent a letter to Janet Napolitano, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the US, reminding her of “the urgent need to finalise repair station security rules” in the country. Due to the rulemaking delay, the FAA has been unable to certificate new foreign repair stations since August 2008. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) had previously set itself a deadline to complete the security rule during “the fourth quarter of calendar year 2012”, according to ARSA, who added that “continued inaction is unacceptable”. The letter said: “The ban on new foreign repair station certificates is having a detrimental impact on US-based aerospace companies looking to tap into rapidly expanding overseas markets. The longer the prohibition is in effect, the more damage it will cause our nation’s competitiveness in aviation and exports”.
NOW IS THE TIME TO ORGANIZE A NATION-WIDE PROTEST AGAINST FOREIGN REPAIR STATIONS!!! TELL WASHINGTON THEY ARE NOT SAFE WITH FOREIGN MRO!
ARSA urges DHS to finalise repair station rules
The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA), along with 11 other aviation organisations, has sent a letter to Janet Napolitano, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the US, reminding her of “the urgent need to finalise repair station security rules” in the country. Due to the rulemaking delay, the FAA has been unable to certificate new foreign repair stations since August 2008. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) had previously set itself a deadline to complete the security rule during “the fourth quarter of calendar year 2012”, according to ARSA, who added that “continued inaction is unacceptable”. The letter said: “The ban on new foreign repair station certificates is having a detrimental impact on US-based aerospace companies looking to tap into rapidly expanding overseas markets. The longer the prohibition is in effect, the more damage it will cause our nation’s competitiveness in aviation and exports”.
NOW IS THE TIME TO ORGANIZE A NATION-WIDE PROTEST AGAINST FOREIGN REPAIR STATIONS!!! TELL WASHINGTON THEY ARE NOT SAFE WITH FOREIGN MRO!