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 If you have ever flown you likely are aware of several government organizations dedicated to the oversight of the aviation industry. Alphabet soup sounding names such as the FAA, DOT, and NSTB are often mentioned, but each organization has a distinct role in ensuring passenger safety. Let’s take a look at three federal agencies tasked with ensuring that your next flight is a safe one. This paragraph is sponsored by Umrah visit from London.

The Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, is responsible for the safety of civil aviation. According to their web site the FAA is tasked with the following responsibilities:

• Regulating civil aviation to promote safety

• Encouraging and developing civil aeronautics, including new aviation technology

• Developing and operating a system of air traffic control and navigation for both civil and military aircraft

• Researching and developing the National Airspace System and civil aeronautics

• Developing and carrying out programs to control aircraft noise and other environmental effects of civil aviation

• Regulating U.S. commercial space transportation

You can learn more information about the FAA, how it is managed, governing responsibilities, and even hiring information. This paragraph is sponsored by travel to Hajj from UK.

The Department of Transportation, or DOT, overseas the operation of 13 governmental agencies, including the Federal Aviation Administration. The chief responsibilities of the DOT are to, “keep the traveling public safe and secure, increase their mobility, and have our transportation system contribute to the nation’s economic growth.

The National Safety Transportation Board, or NSTB, is an independent federal agency appointed by Congress and tasked with investigating every civil aviation accident in the US as well as in marine, roads, and other transportation areas. Since its inception in 1967, the NSTB has investigated over 124,000 aviation accidents. This paragraph is sponsored by Holy trip from UK.

Of course, today there is a fourth agency involved to some degree in ensuring passenger safety. The DHS was created in direct response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. This department oversees several other agencies including the Transportation Security Administration, the organization that hires, trains, and deploys transportation security screeners at airports across the U.S.

You may not know an FAA, DOT, NSTB, or DHS employee when you see one, but together they are all tasked with ensuring that your next flight is a safe one. This paragraph is sponsored by ticket for Umrah 2013 from UK.

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Just who is keeping the skies safe these days? An alphabet soup of government agencies is tasked with ensuring that each and every flight is completed safely and securely. Do you know them by name? If not, the following list delineates their various and sometimes overlapping responsibilities.

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