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

The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) is warning the Obama Administration that wording in the FAA reauthorization legislation pending on Capitol Hill threatens to undermine the global competitiveness of the U.S. aerospace industry. In a <a href="http://www.arsa.org/files/ARSA-LettertoSecStateClinton-20100608.pdf" target="_blank">letter</a> sent to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, ARSA executive vice president Christian Klein said that proposed language in the bill that would require foreign repair station inspections could obstruct aviation maintenance exports and hinder the ability of U.S. companies to compete internationally.
ARSA asserts that provisions in the House legislation requiring the FAA to <a href="?q=node/21675">inspect foreign repair stations</a> twice annually and imposing mandatory drug and alcohol testing on overseas repair stations will violate international accords, resulting in retaliatory measures by key trading partners. 
“Furthermore, the House bill fails to recognize our longstanding U.S.-Canada bilateral aviation safety agreement, which treats certification granted by Transport Canada to an approved maintenance organization as the equivalent of FAA approval,” ARSA said.
Klein urged Clinton to weigh in with Congress and “ensure that the requirements and recommendations of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) be allowed to dictate international safety and security laws and regulations.”

ARSA to Clinton: Remove Foreign Repair Station Language in FAA Bill

The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) is warning the Obama Administration that wording in the FAA reauthorization legislation pending on Capit

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