OST-1998-3304 - Family Assistant Plans

OST-1998-3304

Alphabetical List of Amended Family Assistance Plans

Requirement that Foreign Air Carriers Amend Plans to Address the Needs of Families of Passengers Involved in Aircraft Accidents

OST-1998-3304

January 20, 2004

Notice - Foreign Carriers

This is to advise foreign air carriers serving the United States that the Vision 100‑Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (P.L. 108‑176, 117 Stat. 2490, December 12, 2003) amends 49 U.S.C. § 41313(c) to require, among other things, that foreign air carriers submit to the Department and the National Transportation Safety Board additional assurances for their respective plans to address the needs of families of passengers involved in aircraft accidents. The content and filing requirements for the update to the plans applicable to foreign air carriers are set forth in section 809 of Vision 100. A copy of section 809 is attached.

The additional assurances required to be submitted are described in paragraph (b) of section 809 of Vision 100. In accordance with paragraph (c), foreign air carriers must submit their updated plans to the Department and the NTSB within 90 days of the statute's enactment. Since Vision 100 was signed into law on December 12, 2003, updated plans are due to be filed not later than March 11, 2004. Plans should be submitted to the Department and the NTSB

By: Samuel Podbersky

Order 98-1-31
OST-98-3304

Issued January 29, 1998 | Served February 3, 1998

Order Granting Exemption

In this order we exempt foreign air carriers which currently hold, or may subsequently receive, Department authority to conduct operations in foreign air transportation using only small aircraft, from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. section 41313.

By: Patrick Murphy

September 26, 1996

Federal Register Publication

May 15, 1998

Letter to Foreign Air Carrier Representatives

Attachment: Foreign Air Carrier Family Support Act of 1997 Questions and Answers | HTML

By: Donald Horn, Assistant General Counsel for International Law

June 4, 1998

Re: Letter to Law Offices of Pierre Murphy Concerning Applicability

This refers to your letters of May 20, concerning the applicability of the Foreign Air Carrier Family Support Act of 1997 (PL 105-148) to certain classes of foreign air carriers. In those letters, you stated your view that, in the following two examples, a foreign air carrier need not file, under the provisions of the Act, a plan to address the needs of families of passengers involved in an accident:

1 . A new-entrant foreign air carrier from a country whose homeland holds a Category 11 rating from the Federal Aviation Administration under its International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) Program, and holds effective Department authority to conduct U.S. operations only using aircraft wet-leased from a duly authorized and properly supervised U.S. or foreign air carrier; and

2. A foreign air carrier from a country whose homeland holds a Category I rating from the FAA, which holds effective Department economic authority to conduct U.S. operations using its own aircraft and crews, that elects, at its option, not to obtain operations specifications from the FAA, but to operate only using wet-leased aircraft.

It is our view that the foreign air carrier described in example 1 above does not need to file a plan, but that the foreign air carrier described in example 2 does.

Attachment: Letter from Law Offices of Pierre Murphy, 5/20/98

By: Donald Horn, Assistant General Counsel

Listing of Air Carriers' Plans Mandated by the Family Support Act of 1997
(Editor's Note: List Shall Be Updated on Consistent Basis)

Aerovias Colombianas Ltda. - ARCA
Air 2000
Air Canada
Air North
Airtours International Airways
BWIA International Airways Ltd.
Bahamasair
Britannia Airways
Re: British Midland Airways
Ghana Airways
Re: Heavylift Volga Dnepr
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Using Plan of Northwest Airlines, Inc.)
Korean Airlines Co. Ltd.
Les Investissements Nolinor Inc.
Mexicargo
Martinair

OST-98-3304

October 27, 1999

Industry Letter Re: Family Assistance Plan

Foreign Air Carrier Plans to Address Needs of Families of Victims of Aircraft Accidents

By: Airfreight Express Limited

OST-98-3304

February 15, 2000

Amendment to Foreign Air Carrier Family Assistance Plan

Foreign Air Carrier Plans to Address
Needs of Families of Victims of Aircraft Accidents

Counsel: Flight Safety Manager, Captain Wolfe

OST-98-3304

June 21, 2000

U.S. DOT/OST - Notice

Victims of Aircraft Accidents

This is to advise certificated air carriers that the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR-21) amends 49 U.S.C. 41113(b) to require, among other things, that certificated air carriers submit to the Department and the National Transportation Safety Board additional assurances for their respective plans to address the needs of families of passengers involved in aircraft accidents. Under the section, certificated air carriers must submit their updated plans to the Department and the NTSB within 180 days of the statute's enactment. Since AIR-21 was signed into law on April 5, 2000, updated plans are due to be filed not later than Monday, October 2, 2000.

By: Erik Grosof

OST-98-3304

July 11, 2000

Family Assistance Plan

Foreign Air Carrier Plans to Address Needs of Families of Victims of Aircraft Accidents

Counsel: Squire Sanders, Robert Papkin, 202.626.6601, rpapkin@ssd.com

OST-98-3304	July 12, 2000	Re: Revised Family Assistance Plan	Foreign Air Carrier Plans to Address Needs of Families of Victims of Aircraft Accidents
		Attachment: Family Assistance Plan

Counsel: Baker Hostetler, David Kirstein, 202.861.1756

OST-98-3304	July 28, 2000	Re: Revised Family Assistance Plan	Foreign Air Carrier Plans to Address Needs of Families of Victims of Aircraft Accidents
		Attachment: Family Assistance Plan

Counsel: Zuckert Scoutt, Craig Cibak,

OST-98-3304	August 30, 2000	Re: Revised Family Assistance Plan	Foreign Air Carrier Plans to Address Needs of Families of Victims of Aircraft Accidents
		Attachment: Family Assistance Plan