To minimize the danger that hazardous weather presents to the aviation system, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in conjunction with other federal agencies, collects and analyzes weather information and disseminates this information to the users of the aviation system. However, between 1995, and 1997, one report by the National Research Council (NRC) and two reports by an FAA advisory committee cited inadequate interagency coordination and a lack of clarity about the agency's role in aviation weather. The reports also recommended steps FAA could take to provide better weather information to aviation users. Concerned about FAA's efforts to reduce weather-related accidents, you asked us to examine the actions FAA has taken to address the recommendations raised by NRC and FAA's advisory committee. In this report, we discuss FAA's actions in four areas of concern raised by the three reports: (1) policy and leadership, (2) interagency coordination, (3) meeting different types of users' needs for weather information, and (4) the level of funding provided for weather activities.


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    Title :

    Aviation Safety: FAA Has Not Fully Implemented Weather-Related Recommendations


    Publication date :

    1998


    Size :

    74 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English