Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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Chad Trautvetter

NBAA has <a href="http://www.nbaa.org/ops/safety/comments-from-NBAA-to-FAA-on-OSHA-policy.pdf">warned the FAA</a> of the “specter of additional oversight and regulation of business aircraft operations” stemming from the agency’s proposal to allow Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) oversight of aircraft cabin workplace safety issues. The proposed policy, required by the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, could establish OSHA oversight of occupational safety and health requirements, such as recordkeeping, bloodborne pathogens, noise, sanitation and hazard communication, among others, for non-flight-deck crewmembers.


In the association’s written response to the FAA review, NBAA vice president for safety, security, operations and regulation Doug Carr noted that the proposed policy would apply regulatory requirements to business aviation operations without any consideration of the effects they would have on small businesses, which were not included in the cost/benefit analysis of the OSHA regulation.


For example, NBAA said, “FAA regulations do not mandate the carriage of a flight attendant in non-commercial (Part 91) or on-demand commercial (Part 135) operations for these aircraft. Unfortunately, the FAA’s proposed policy raises a number of concerns related to the application of occupational safety and health standards to operations not previously covered or even analyzed in the development of those standards.”

NBAA: OSHA Rules not Needed for Bizav Cabin Crews

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