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Aviation Safety: FAA's Use of Emergency Orders to Revoke or Suspend Operating Certificates

RCED-98-199 Published: Jul 23, 1998. Publicly Released: Aug 06, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) use of emergency orders during fiscal years 1990 through 1997, focusing on: (1) the extent to which FAA used emergency orders, including data on regional variation in their use, the types of certificate holders affected, and the final outcomes of cases initiated using emergency orders; (2) the ways in which changes in FAA's policies might have affected the agency's use of emergency orders; and (3) the time needed for FAA to investigate alleged violations and issue emergency orders.

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