Where's the FAA on this?

[IBNAV8R]

Couple of management spots that the FAA bureaucracy requires. What, exactly, does this have to do with safety?

Please save the "safety card" for actual SAFETY issues.

 

[Draginass]

Couple of management spots that the FAA bureaucracy requires. What, exactly, does this have to do with safety?

Please save the "safety card" for actual SAFETY issues.

Because these people oversee and enforce safety standards at their airlines. They also set the corporate tone for safety culture, or lack thereof in many airlines. These positions are critical to a well-functioning and safe airline. Look at airlines that have crappy safety culture, and you'll see that reflected in the leadership of said airline.

 

[pilotyip]

The FAA is pretty quick to approve an interim CP or DO. The FAA is a bureaucracy as long as all the boxes are checked (names filled in on a line in this case) they only "care" about safety when it's beneficial to them.

Correct you have 30 days to fill these positions, much like the DO and CP killed in a car wreck going to lunch the airline does not shut down. There is a cause in the GOM about coverage of Operational Control, and there are third and fourth tier people identified to fill that position. To get a new DO or CP you just sent a resume to the FAA of a person who meets the Part 119 requirements. The FAA checks that they do not have a improper background , like known felon, revoked certificate, etc, and bingo you have a new DO.

 

[Fubijaakr]

Since DO and CP are management positions, management EXPECTED them to cross the line. It sounds like these two guys knew that was the expectation and forestalled it by resignation.

Good for them.