Federal Aviation Administration Purpose: Is the RSOO a success story? Michael Jennison Assistant...

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Purpose: Is the RSOO a success story?

Michael JennisonAssistant Chief CounselInternational Affairs

ICAO Symposium on Regional Safety Oversight Organizations26 Oct 201l

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RSOO Symposium 28 October 2011

Disclaimer{my personal views only}



After decades of work . . .

• Are RSOOs meeting expectations?

• Is your RSOO meeting your expectations?



What are the purposes?

• Civil aviation safety oversight that meets international Standards

• Greatest possible uniformity in regulation • Economies of scale• [New!] Source of reliable, useful data for the

Continuous Monitoring Approach (CMA)



Civil aviation safety oversight that meets Standards

• We owe this to the public, but it is also a binding obligation

• How are we doing?– USOAP/IASA audits show improvements . . . but– A substantial portion of member States do not meet

Standards in one or more critical elements

• Indispensable elements– Resources– Political will



Greatest possible uniformity in regulation

• We owe this to the industry

• How are we doing?

– Every RSOO takes a different approach

– RSOOs write uniform legislation and regs . . .

– Member States alter them in implementation



Economies of scale

• This is the important one • How are we doing?• Comparison test . . .

– Add the scale of aviation activity, the budget, and the staff of the RSOO members and compare with a comparable single State

– Has the RSOO allowed its members to reduce staff and budget while getting the same (or better) results?



Source of reliable, useful CMA data

• This is less important, but still important• Too soon to see how well we might be doing



How do we get economies of scale?

• Member States delegate execution of their safety oversight responsibilities

• Ways to measure delegation– Breadth of oversight—how many Annexes?– Depth of oversight—how much authority?



Concluding thought

• Should your RSOO be an RCAA?• In a Regional CAA . . .

– There is complete delegation of oversight authority, ideally by treaty . . . and

– Member State CAAs are field offices

• If so, how can you get there?

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