September 2, 2005
Embassy of the United States of America
Belgrade

U.S. Embassy Statement Concerning Recent Articles on JAT

The Embassy of the United States has noted several recent articles in the local media regarding JAT, and would like to clarify the facts regarding the International Aviation Safety Assessment program of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

The August 10 article in the Italian newspaper Corriere della Serra, on which articles in the Serbian media were based, referred to this FAA program which assesses a country's ability to meet international standards and recommended practices for aircraft operations and maintenance established by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

To meet these standards, country civil aviation authorities must license and oversee air carriers in accordance with ICAO standards. When FAA inspectors find shortcomings in a country's implementation of the standards, the FAA classifies that country as Category 2. Air carriers from Category 2 countries that fly to the U.S. receive a higher level of scrutiny from the FAA, but the FAA's program does not assess the safety of individual air carriers, such as JAT.

The FAA classifies Serbia and Montenegro, and many other countries, as Category 2 under this program; there have been no recent changes to the status of Serbia and Montenegro under this program.

2. septembar, 2005
Ambasada Sjedinjenih Američkih Država
Beograd

IZJAVA AMBASADE SAD POVODOM ČLANAKA O JAT-u

Ambasada Sjedinjenih Država nedavno je primetila nekoliko novinskih napisa o JAT-u i želi da pojasni činjenice u vezi programa procene bezbednosti međunarodnog civilnog vazduhoplovstva koji pravi Federalna vazduhoplovna uprava SAD (FAA).

Članak italijanske Corriere della Serra od 10. avgusta, koji su preneli srpski mediji, odnosi se na ovaj FAA program koji procenjuje sposobnost zemalja da ispune međunarodne standarde i preporučene procedure u oblasti vazduhoplovnih aktivnosti i održavanja koje je propisala Međunarodna organizacija za civilno vazduhoplovstvo (ICAO).

Da bi ispunile ove standarde, uprave civilnog vazduhoplovstva moraju da licenciraju i nadgledaju avio kompanije u skladu sa ICAO standardima. U slučajevima kada inspektori FAA ustanove propuste određene zemlje u primeni ovih standarda, FAA svrstava zemlju u Kategoriju 2. Avio kompanije iz zemalja Kategorije 2 koje imaju letove za SAD su pod pojačanom kontrolom od strane FAA ali FAA program ne procenjuje nivo bezbednosti određene avio kompanije, u ovom slučaju JAT-a.

FAA svrstava Srbiju i Crnu, kao i mnoge druge zemlje, u Kategoriju 2 prema standardima ovog programa. Nije bilo nikakvih promena statusa Srbije i Crne Gore u ovom programu u poslednje vreme.

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