A recent study will come as no surprise to ARSA members: federal regulations are restricting U.S. economic growth. The study published last year in the Journal of Economic Growth found that: “Regulation’s overall effect on output’s growth rate is negative and substantial. Federal regulations added over the past fifty years have reduced real output growth […]

In case you missed it, earlier this week, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) finally issued the repair station security regulations over a decade after Congress first mandated the rules. While the regulation was a solution in search of problem, the negative impact of the congressionally imposed ban on FAA foreign repair stations necessitated the association […]

As we enter 2014, the association takes the opportunity to review the most visible contributions to its members’ continued viability during the past year. Major regulatory victories for the industry included a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) clarification that a maintenance provider may restore missing part information and the withdrawal of a maintenance duty time legal […]