AVIATION SAFETY: ISSUES RAISED BY (104-48) HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION COMMITTEE ON INFRASTRUCTURE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JUNE 25, 1996 Printed for the use of the CO) 2705U 6./99 31150-158 ... U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1997 26-756CC For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office ISBN 0-16-054087-9 COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania, Chairman DON YOUNG, Alaska JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota WILLIAM F. CLINGER, JR., Pennsylvania NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI, Ilinois HERBERT H. BATEMAN, Virginia ROBERT E. WISE, JR., West Virginia HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR., Ohio JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon SUSAN MOLINARI, New York BOB CLEMENT, Tennessee WILLIAM H. ZELIFF, JR., New Hampshire JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois THOMAS W. EWING, Ilinois PETE GEREN, Texas WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland GLENN POSHARD, Illinois Y. TIM HUTCHINSON, Arkansas BUD CRAMER, Alabama BILL BAKER, California BARBARA-ROSE COLLINS, Michigan JAY KIM, California ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of STEPHEN HORN, California Columbia BOB FRANKS, New Jersey JERROLD NADLER, New York PETER I. BLUTE, Massachusetts PAT DANNER, Missouri JOHN L. MICA, Florida ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey JACK QUINN, New York JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina TILLIE K. FOWLER, Florida CORRINE BROWN, Florida VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan JAMES A. BARCIA, Michigan SPENCER T. BACHUS, Alabama BOB FILNER, California JERRY WELLER, Illinois EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas ZACH WAMP, Tennessee BILL K. BREWSTER, Oklahoma TOM LATHAM, Iowa KAREN MCCARTHY, Missouri STEVEN C. LATOURETTE, Ohio FRANK MASCARA, Pennsylvania ANDREA SEASTRAND, California THOMAS C. SAWYER, Ohio RANDY TATE, Washington GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi SUE KELLY, New York JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD, RAY LAHOOD, Nlinois California ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee, Chairman JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR., Ohio BUD CRAMER, Alabama Y. TIM HUTCHINSON, Arkansas BARBARA-ROSE COLLINS, Michigan JAY KIM, California JERROLD NADLER, New York VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan PAT DANNER, Missouri SPENCER T. BACHUS, Alabama ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey ANDREA SEASTRAND, California JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina RANDY TATE, Washington CORRINE BROWN, Florida SUE KELLY, New York PETE GEREN, Texas RAY LAHOOD, Illinois JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota BILL MARTINI, New Jersey (Ex Officio) BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania (Ex Officio) (II) CONTENTS Page 9 Bollinger, Martin J., Vice President, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc partment of Transportation, accompanied by Anthony Broderick, Associate Administrator for Regulation and Certification Jordan, Lewis, President, ValuJet Airlines, Inc Schiavo, Mary, Inspector General, Department of Transportation, accom- 188 288 Broderick, Anthony, Associate Administrator for Regulation and Certification, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, re- sponse to question from Rep. Bachus Questions Why FAA Did Not Act Sooner on ValuJet; Outlines Reforms Needed to Ensure Air Safety, June 25, 1996 general aviation aircraft, issued December 21, 1980, closed October, 26, 1988 Hinson, David R., Administrator, Federal Aviation Administrator, U.S. De- 204 207 (III) |