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Furloughing FAA Inspectors And NTSB Investigators May Violate International Aviation Treaty
By: John Goglia

FAA's furlough of 3,000 aviation safety inspectors and NTSB's furlough of its accident investigators may put the United States in default of its treaty obligations under the Chicago Convention and the obligations of member states of the International Civil Aviation Organization. The Chicago Convention is the main aviation treaty setting the standards for air safety among the 192 contracting states of ICAO, an agency of the United Nations. Violating its treaty obligations could have significant repercussions for US airlines if the inspectors and investigators are not immediately put back to work.