FFA’s Approach

For this module discussion activity, provide your response to the
following:
 What is the FAA’s approach to system safety and air carrier
certification? Watch the FAA TV: Flight Standards Service
Overview video (10:00) (https://www.faa.gov/tv/?mediaId=256)
and find out.
According to the FAA video, “safety cannot be inspected into a system.” The video further goes on to
say that “safety must be designed into a system.” Think about this from an aircraft certification
standpoint. What do you think these two statements mean in the context of aircraft certification? Why is
it important to identify risks and hazards in the design and development phase as opposed to just
waiting until the aircraft is in the field?
 Strive to submit your original post by the fourth day of the module week. While you might not be
done with you case study, posting earlier in the module week allows everyone to have posts to respond
to and allows us to have a good discussion. Remember, you must respond to at least two of your
classmates’ posts with substantive posts of your own by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on the seventh day of
the module week.