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Admiral Busey meets with HAl Board.
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Administrator Busey met with HAl's
Board of Directors, during n regularly
scheduled meeting. After welcoming
comments and inlroductions. HAl made
:1 20-minute slide presentation- on I·IA I
history, org,l1lization and progml1ls.
Then the Administrator made wille
informal commellls. prior to opening
the discussion:
BUSEY: It is a pleasure to be here
with you today. This i.\ one or my first
visits to a Washington-area avi:uion
tr:lde :lssoeiation in my new capacity.
Although I am not rated as a helicopter
pilot. I have nown milil,")' helicopters
quite a bi!. Also, I have discussed HAl
with (FAA ExecUlive Director) "Tex"
Melugin. and received glowing words
from him. about IA1. And I do have a
growing appreciation for the role of
helicopters in civil aviation.
Concerning my new responsibilities
as FAA Administrator:
• I feel very good about working with
Secretary of Transportation Sam Skinnel".
He has already let me know that he
williellve to FAA the resl>onsibilities of
regul:uion and safety enhancement.
• I am quite favorably impressed with
the high professional standards of the
FAA's workforce. at all levels.
Some of my objcctives are:
• To continue to improve aviatiOIl
safcty across the bomd.
• To get thc moncy out of the Avi:uion
Trust Fund. to be spent for the purposes
for which it was collected.
• To really "Outreach" ... to aviation
interest groups such as HAI.:ls well as
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pilots. mechanics tlnd other clements
of the industry. which must all be
heard from and listened to. I illlend to
do my best to hear all sides of the
issues .
• To improve thc infrastruClUre for
air traflic control .
• To position FAA to provide ser
vice with mllximum benefit :lcross
the entire spectrum of the industry.
including helicopters, :lnd all of
general aviation. air carriers. and the
public.
Well. those :Ire my opening COIllments.
Shll11 we open it up for discus
.
slon , .
HAl: !-IAI's quarterly magazine
receives wide distribution ("veragc
print run 17500 copies). We IIlIVC been
very pleased to have" column called
ASK THE ADMINISTRATOR,
which has been supported by FAA's
Administrator since ROTOR started
(1ast ye:lr). Will you continue with this
column?
BUSEY: I have seen the column. Yes.
I will continue with it.
HAl: FAA's enforcement practices
IllIve become actually counter-productive
to safcty. This problem is n01 isolated
to helicopters ... it arfects all segmcnts
of avilltion. All of the aviation
trade publications are c:lTTying stories
on this topic.
Basically, all of us in the industry
agree lhat scor-flaws and bad operators
must be dealt with, :md harshly. But the
FAA has swung 100 far in Ihe enrorce
ment direction. Many opcr..llors have
just phtin quit talking to the FAA in
SpeClOrs, for fe .. r of punitive actions. It
is re:llly irn l >Ort:lnt th:lt we restore g()(X1
communic:ltiolls betwecn civil
operators and Ihe FAA.
Since FAA took lIuthority/discretioll
"W:lY from the FSDO :lnd Illoved this
rurther up the linc. the close relationship
between loenl inspectors/operators hus
been lost. and safety is "clU:llly being
diminished in the process.
We frequently hear FAA employees
agreeing with this viewpoinl.
lllere has been continuing ambiguity
in the interpretation of regul:ttions. For
one exmnple. the pertinent FAA handbook
for inspectors actually contr.tdicts
FAR 133. We also have the problem of
regulation by AC (advisory circular).
.. nd both the handbooks and the AC's
are being used to short-circuit the rule
making process.
(COl/lilli/cd 011 ,,/e 36;
Fall 1989