STAFFING, TRAINING, AND FUNDING ISSUES FOR FAA'S MAJOR WORK FORCES. STATEMENT OF KENNETH M. MEAD BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION, COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

This is the testimony of Kenneth M. Mead, Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office, on major work force issues affecting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operations. Several times over the past few years the General Accounting Office has reported that FAA needs to improve its hiring and training of three work forces critical for air traffic safety--air traffic controllers, aviation safety inspectors, and maintenance technicians. This testimony reiterates these concerns and discusses a range of needed management improvements.

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• Corporate Authors:

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• Publication Date: 1990-3-14

Media Info

• Pagination: 15 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic controllers; Finance; Financing; Hiring policies; Improvements; Inspectors; Maintenance personnel; Management; Safety; Testimony; Training; Workforce
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Education and Training; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00493711
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: GAO/T-RCED-90-42
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1990 12:00AM