According to the National Air Transportation Association (NATA), Reps. Don Young (R-Alaska), chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and John Mica (R-Fla.), chairman of the house subcommittee on aviation, sent a letter to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) acting Administrator David Stone. The letter says that repair stations conducting work on aircraft operating under Parts 135 or 91 should not be subject to the same security requirements as those performing maintenance on Part 121 aircraft. The TSA’s announcement calling for costly, security enhancements for even the most remote business working on any part of an aircraft were met with industry-wide anger.
The letter, sent on June 29 at the request of NATA and the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA), clarified the intent of Congress regarding a mandate for aircraft repair station security regulations that were contained within the Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act.
