Trump directive stalls FAA safety warnings

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President Donald Trump's executive directive to restrict or postpone new government regulations for 60 days has hampered the ability of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue safety orders about aircraft.

The instructions, known as "airworthiness directives," are issued frequently, and formalize mandated inspections or modifications to correct unsafe conditions on U.S. aircraft.

The stalled directives do not mean that airlines and aircraft operators are unaware of serious safety problems. The directives are typically the last step in the safety regulatory process. The aircraft operators first receive manufacturer bulletins about the problems, but in some instances wait for final FAA notices to act, according to two
industry officials.

The lack of directives from the FAA are a sign of the unintended consequences of the Trump administration's rapid efforts to halt or roll back what it sees as burdensome regulations on business, says one of the officials.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/06/news/companies/trump-faa-air-safety/index.html

[Else You Are Mad]

1. It is almost like...

The Trump administration didn't realize that not all regulations hurt his banker overlords, and that there could be unintended consequences...

[elleng]

3. The trump 'administration' didn't realize ANYTHING!

[elleng]

2. unintended consequences fer shur!

[spanone]

4. the amateurs in the whitest of all houses are as dangerous as any enemy we have encountered

[elleng]

5. Yes they are.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Emergency ADs are serious shit.

An emergency AD is issued when an unsafe condition exists that requires immediate action by an owner/operator.

https://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/continued_operation/ad/type_pub/type_emerg/

I got tangled up in one of those once - got stuck 900 miles from home when the FAA issued an emergency AD relating to defective connecting rod bolts in the engine of the C-172 I'd been flying. There had been two recent accidents attributed to these defective parts so the FAA issued the AD, which meant you couldn't fly the airplane until the parts had been inspected and, if necessary, replaced. The engines in question were very common in light aircraft and many of these parts had been installed; who knows how many more accidents might have occurred (maybe one involving me), if the AD hadn't been issued?

So Trump is OK with people flying around in airplanes with defective parts? The bad parts in this particular case had been unlabeled and there was no way of knowing whether they were defective or not just from looking at the maintenance records. Emergency ADs aren't common; they are issued only when there's a serious unsafe condition that makes flying dangerous. But they have to be complied with immediately. If they can't even be issued, then what?

Trump is so fucking stupid, I can't even...

[spanone]

7. this is why we elect POLITICIANS. people who, like, seriously know how government works....

it doesn't work like a fucking business.

[JMCoast]

8. Hell, He doesn't even

read the damn directives

[ProudLib72]

9. Ground all flights

Better to play it safe. Let tRump own the damage it causes.

[kairos12]

10. He won't care. FAA directives cover the peons.