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FAA Completes Rule to Increase Safety
Airports required to develop and implement SMS
 A new rule from the FAA will help airports detect and mitigate safety problems before they result in accidents or incidents. The final rule requires certain airports to develop and implement a safety management system (SMS).
“The safe operation of our nation’s airports is paramount during these historic times in aviation as we work to repair and construct necessary airport infrastructure,” said Associate Administrator for Airports Shannetta R. Griffin, P.E. “This rule promotes safety and allows airports to work collaboratively with partners to mitigate risks and avert accidents.”
The use of SMS programs by commercial airlines and many manufacturers helped foster the safest era in commercial aviation history. Fundamental to the program is identifying risks and then taking steps to correct potential safety issues before they result in accidents or incidents.
The final rule applies to more than 200 of America’s busiest commercial airports. The timeline to fully implement SMS ranges from four to five and a half years depending on the airports’ classification and operations.
Read more about the new rule aimed at increasing safety at airports on FAA.gov.
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Danny Thomas: 21 Years in Telecoms
If you think the grass is greener somewhere else, that might not necessarily be true in the case of Danny Thomas and the Telecommunications Section. For 21 years, Thomas has been the manager of this section within the Enterprise Services Center. Thomas recounts his short time away from telecommunications with a detail where he helped secure $40 million in funding for telecommunications infrastructure at MMAC. He shares his journey through the FAA and milestones along the way, including enhancements to the MMAC’s telecommunication infrastructure.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award
The Office of Communications’ (AOC) 2021 Level Up: Air Traffic Controller Hiring Campaign Team received the Secretary’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award for their work that created the agency’s largest-ever hiring awareness campaign to recruit more women, minorities, and individuals from disadvantaged communities to become air traffic controllers. Through the Level Up campaign, the Office of Communications team increased web traffic to the controller hiring page by 200 percent over the previous three years, resulting in nearly 13,000 applications and a 50 percent increase in applicants.
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TSA Takes Over Aviation Security
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February 17, 2002: Formal responsibility for aviation security, such as performing passenger checkpoint and checked baggage screening functions, transferred from FAA to the Transportation Security Agency (TSA). Following Sept. 11, 2001, Congress enacted the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, Public Law No. 107-71, which established the TSA. Most of the FAA Civil Aviation Security Organization, including FAA Special Agents (Transportation Security Inspectors), along with the Security Equipment Integrated Project Team and the Aviation Security Research & Development Division (AAR-500) were moved to TSA. Originally established as part of the Dept. of Transportation, the TSA was later moved to the Dept. of Homeland Security following its creation on March 1, 2003. |
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