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FAA Reauthorization and US-EU Bilateral Cooperation

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty

From Flight Global:

FAA bill could jeopardize EU-US bilateral aviation cooperation
By Mary Kirby

The European Union (EU) has warned the White House that it risks jeopardizing bilateral cooperation on aviation safety and transatlantic alliances, as well as second-stage open skies talks, should “restrictive measures” remain part of current US FAA Reauthorization draft legislation.

“The FAA Reauthorization bill in its current version requires that maintenance organizations outside the US should be inspected by the FAA twice a year. This provision contradicts the EU-US Aviation Safety Agreement and would impede its implementation,” writes EU ambassador to the US John Bruton in three separate, but identical letters to US transportation secretary Ray LaHood, secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Lawrence Summers, director of the White House’s National Economic Council. . . . [Full Story]