ROBERT GRISCOM & ASSOCIATES

Over the past 30 years the Federal Aviation Administration has periodically conducted in-depth inspections of air carriers. Such inspections have borne various acronyms such as SWAP (Systems Worthiness Analysis Program); QUASAR (Quality Assurance And Reporting Program); NASIP (National Aviation Safety Inspection Program); and more recently CSET (Certification, Surveillance and Evaluation Team). Following one of these inspections, the carrier is advised of the violations uncovered, and the proposed penalties (generally heavy).

Our team of experts have served on the FAA teams. They will conduct an in-depth evaluation of the company’s management qualifications and their compliance attitude.

We will examine the policies and procedures which govern the conduct of the day-to-day operations;

We will examine the company’s directives and employee manuals to assure those directives and manuals prescribe safe operating practices and regulatory compliance.

We will examine pilot and mechanic training and qualification records. We will examine actual trip records and flight logs in depth.

We will then observe pilots, mechanics, dispatchers and supervisors as they go about their tasks so we may determine whether policies and procedures are actually being followed.

We will evaluate outside contractors for their capabilities and competence.

When we are done, the CEO will receive a comprehensive, confidential, detailed report on the company’s safety and compliance status, with recommendations for corrective action where necessary.

During our first five years, each of our air carrier clients was inspected by the FAA shortly after our evaluation. None received any substantive FAA violations.

After our first five years, each of our air carrier clients – who had been scheduled to receive an FAA inspection – were advised by the FAA that the FAA had decided NOT to conduct their inspection.

We thought that was nice.