Safe Aircraft Maintenance Standards Act

Safe Aircraft Maintenance Standards Act

This bill addresses safety standards related to foreign aircraft repair stations.

Among other things, the bill

• requires that all foreign aircraft repair stations be subject to at least one unannounced safety inspection each year;
• requires air carriers to submit monthly reports to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with respect to maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alternations of an aircraft;
• sets forth minimum qualifications for mechanics and others working on U.S. registered aircraft at foreign repair stations; and
• establishes a moratorium on FAA certification of new foreign aircraft repair stations if certain regulations are not implemented within one year.