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5. I have to get in an aircraft. Is the airline safe?
A National Authority is in charge of the continuing
oversight and
surveillance of the national airlines. An air
transportation certificate
(or an
equivalent document) is issued by the National Authority for an airline
when it
has been demonstrated that the airline complies with the safety
standards
requested by the international current regulation.
This certificate is given to foreign airlines by their own
Authority. Others
Authorities have only few pieces of information about foreign airlines.
Data comes from the ground control performed in the frame of the SAFA
program. Moreover, thanks to the SAFA program, a European National
Authority has
access to the ground control performed by the others European National
Authorities. But these controls are not enough for a complete
evaluation of the
safety level of an airline.
Therefore, the European countries worked together in order to
establish a European
black list. This list informs the passengers of the airlines whose
safety
level has been judged unsatisfactory by the European Authorities.
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