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Summary

The Office of Inspector General plans to conduct a follow-up review of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) oversight of repair stations.   In recent years, major U.S. airlines have steadily increased their use of contract repair stations to perform aircraft maintenance.  Since 2003, we have reported on the need for FAA to strengthen its oversight to ensure that contract repairs meet FAA standards.  We are conducting this review at the request of Representative Jerry F. Costello, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Aviation.  Our audit objectives are to (1) examine changes FAA has made to its repair station oversight, (2) assess the effectiveness of these changes in bolstering FAA’s oversight of both domestic and foreign repair stations, and (3) identify any additional challenges to effective oversight that FAA still needs to address.