New ARSA Report Details Benefits of Aviation Safety Agreements
Alexandria, VA – A new report from the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) has found that Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreements (BASA) dramatically reduce regulatory compliance costs for the aviation maintenance industry and make repair stations more profitable. ARSA will hold a web conference for the media on Thursday, June 16, to analyze the results and provide additional insights from the survey’s research team.
The study is particularly relevant because of on-going negotiations over the FAA reauthorization bill. As part of the reauthorization process, lawmakers considered amendments that, if enacted, would lead to the collapse of the new BASA between the U.S. and European Union (EU). Furthermore, the study demonstrates how U.S. repair stations, especially small repair stations employing less than 50 people, derive significant benefits from these agreements.
WHAT: Web conference to discuss ARSA’s new study detailing the benefits of Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreements
WHO: ARSA Executive Director Christian Klein; AeroStrategy Partner and Co-Founder Kevin Michaels; AeroStrategy Associate Consultant Michael Holland
WHEN: 11:00 a.m. (EDT), Thursday June 16, 2011
WHERE: Via web conference, please register at http://arsa.webex.com
Background
BASAs are government-to-government arrangements that allow cooperation between aviation safety regulators in areas including design, production, flight operations, environmental certification, and maintenance. BASAs allow the “domestic” aviation authority to perform audits and make findings on behalf of the “foreign” authority, thereby avoiding regulatory duplication and government waste. While the United States has concluded more than 30 BASAs, maintenance sub-agreements exist only with Canada and the European Union (EU). The EU BASA, which took effect on May 1, superseded prior maintenance arrangements with France, Ireland, and Germany.
The implementation of maintenance bilaterals and increased maintenance contracting by airlines has coincided with the safest period in the history of civil aviation. The survey proves that BASAs reduce costs for repair stations and make oversight more efficient. The new report, Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreements: Reducing Costs for the Aviation Industry, is available at: http://www.arsa.org/files/
ARSA is an Alexandria, Virginia-based trade association that represents aviation maintenance and manufacturing companies. Founded in 1984, the association has a distinguished record of advocating for repair stations, providing regulatory compliance assistance to the industry, and representing repair stations on Capitol Hill and in the media. More information about ARSA is available at http://www.arsa.org.
Source: ARSA
