- March 17, 2021, 10:12 AM
Reps. Sam Graves (R-Missouri) and Garret Graves (R-Louisiana) joined NATA in their call for the Treasury Department to release Payroll Support Program funds. (Photo: U.S. Department of the Treasury)
Republican leaders in the U.S. House joined a growing appeal to the Department of Treasury to release Payroll Support Program (PSP) funding to small carriers. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee ranking Republican Sam Graves (Missouri) and aviation subcommittee ranking Republican Garret Graves (Louisiana) wrote a letter calling on Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to “break the bureaucratic logjam delaying critical PSP2 funds to the nation’s smaller airlines.”
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A few months after FAA Administrator Steve Dickson outlined plans to release regulations requiring safety management systems (SMS) for Part 135 charter and 145 repair station operations next year, the FAA is said to be “far along” in this rulemaking effort. The question is, though, are the vast and varied numbers of Part 135/145 operators ready for it.
While the FAA released a regulation in 2015 requiring Part 121 scheduled carriers to implement SMS, the agency has long encouraged other operations to voluntarily adopt such programs. To that end, the agency has had a voluntary program in place to help facilitate the implementation of SMS programs. That is just one pathway to an SMS program for operations. A number of companies specializing in aviation safety have developed detailed software to help organizations implement their own SMS. In addition, one of the leading-recognized international safety programs, IS-BAO, incorporates SMS as a foundation.