A four-member team from The United States Federal Aviation Administration (US-FAA) has arrived Nigeria to conduct the International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) audit on Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) from August, 21 and 25, 2017.
The audit team which has its leader, Louis A. Alvarez; Operations Specialist, L.P. Vanstory; Airworthiness Specialist, Benjamin Garrido and Attorney, Jeffrey Klang will however begin work tomorrow with an assessment visit to the NCAA
Under the IASA program, the FAA determines whether another country’s oversight of its air carriers that operate, or seek to operate, into the U.S., or codeshare with a U.S. air carrier, complies with safety standards established by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
The IASA program is administered by the FAA Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety (AVS), Flight Standards Service (AFS), International Programs and Policy Division (AFS-50).
The IASA program focuses on a country’s ability, not the ability of individual air carriers, to adhere to international aviation safety standards and recommended practices contained in Annex 1 (Personnel Licensing), Annex 6 (Operation of Aircraft), and Annex 8 (Airworthiness of Aircraft) to the International Convention on Civil Aviation “Chicago Convention” (ICAO Document 7300).
A statement by the General Manager, Public Relations, NCAA, Sam Adurogboye said, “The FAA officials will assess the State’s aviation law, regulations and oversight capability in accordance with the eight critical elements as defined in ICAO document 9734.”
In addition, during the assessment, the team will need to visit the facilities of an Airline Operators Certificate (AOC) holder. They will look at the operations and maintenance organisations.
At the end of the assessment there will be a debriefing session at the headquarters of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
