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

T-RCED-98-253 Published: Aug 06, 1998. Publicly Released: Aug 06, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) use of emergency orders to suspend or revoke aviation operating certificates, focusing on the: (1) extent to which FAA used emergency orders; (2) ways in which changes in FAA's policies might have affected the agency's use of emergency orders; and (3) time needed for FAA to investigate alleged violations and issue emergency orders.

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