FAA Compliance Philosophy
Huerta
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is implementing a new “compliance philosophy” to guide its strategic safety oversight of the aviation industry, Administrator Michael Huerta says.
Speaking at a Flight Safety Foundation Newsmaker Breakfast in October in Washington, Huerta said the agency’s approach relies heavily on establishment of safety management systems at individual aviation operations, and on data collection.
“Our traditional approach to aviation safety was to look backward,” Huerta said, referring to decades in which safety advances came only after accidents — and subsequent accident investigations — revealed critical safety hazards.
The FAA said its new approach — …
