casa and Conflict of Interest
SUGGESTION 1 for a positive change to go forward in 2012.
The US - FAA regs provide for a seperation of employment by a period of two years in FAA employees who seek work in the private sector, then have dealings on the part of an employer or in a contractural sense with the FAA.
This makes sense, as it would go a long way towards dealing with preferential treatment as already seen in Australia in operators having AOC's granted or preference shown to AOC holders or applicants in other matters by casa.
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The FAR [119.73] is as follows:
§ 119.73 Employment of former FAA employees.
(a) Except as specified in paragraph (c) of this section, no certificate holder conducting operations under part 121 or 135 of this chapter may knowingly employ or make a contractual arrangement which permits an individual to act as an agent or representative of the certificate holder in any matter before the Federal Aviation Administration if the individual, in the preceding 2 years—
(1) Served as, or was directly responsible for the oversight of, a Flight Standards Service aviation safety inspector; and
(2) Had direct responsibility to inspect, or oversee the inspection of, the operations of the certificate holder.
(b) For the purpose of this section, an individual shall be considered to be acting as an agent or representative of a certificate holder in a matter before the agency if the individual makes any written or oral communication on behalf of the certificate holder to the agency (or any of its officers or employees) in connection with a particular matter, whether or not involving a specific party and without regard to whether the individual has participated in, or had responsibility for, the particular matter while serving as a Flight Standards Service aviation safety inspector.
(c) The provisions of this section do not prohibit a certificate holder from knowingly employing or making a contractual arrangement which permits an individual to act as an agent or representative of the certificate holder in any matter before the Federal Aviation Administration if the individual was employed by the certificate holder before October 21, 2011.
[Doc. No. FAA–2008–1154, 76 FR 52235, Aug. 22, 2011]