Comments on: From FAA to AIA

By: Rand Simberg

Rand Simberg — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:44:43 +0000

Sorry, Keith, you’re right. My bad. Also, apparently FAA does call AST OCST, so Jeff is right, too. I thought that they’d changed the name when FAA absorbed it.

But I still think that it should be taken out of the FAA. In fact, I hope that’s one of the recommendations of the new study to be performed this fall.

By: faahope

faahope — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:42:06 +0000

God Bless You All at the AIA. She did a great job of messing up the FAA! Becareful she will cut corners no matter who’s life is at steak as long as it isn’t hers.

By: Keith Cowing

Keith Cowing — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:21:53 +0000

Rand says “There is no FAA OCST, and never was, Keith. You mean FAA-AST.

And OCST no longer exists. When it did, it reported directly to the SecTran, not FAA. In fact, it would be good to reverse the mistaken decision of the Clinton administration, reestablish it, and get it out of the FAA.”

Rand, read just a *little* more carefully. I took Jeff’s words i.e. “[Full disclosure: my employer does work for the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation, but doesnâ€™t work with the office of the FAA administrator.]” and simply reversed the order.

Your issue should be with Jeff, not with me, since Jeff made the initial claim WRT FAA entities and who his company works for.

By: Rand Simberg

Rand Simberg — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:59:04 +0000

There is no FAA OCST, and never was, Keith. You mean FAA-AST.

By: Keith Cowing

Keith Cowing — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:52:56 +0000

“[Full disclosure: my employer does work for the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation, but doesnâ€™t work with the office of the FAA administrator.]”

But the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation works for the FAA administrator ….