124 STAT. 2366 PUBLIC LAW 111–216—AUG. 1, 2010 SEC. 214. ASAP AND FOQA IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. (a) DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—The Adminis- trator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall develop and implement a plan to facilitate the establishment of an aviation safety action program and a flight operational quality assurance program by all part 121 air carriers. (b) MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED.—In developing the plan under subsection (a), the Administrator shall consider— (1) how the Administration can assist part 121 air carriers with smaller fleet sizes to derive a benefit from establishing a flight operational quality assurance program; (2) how part 121 air carriers with established aviation safety action and flight operational quality assurance programs can quickly begin to report data into the aviation safety information analysis sharing database; and (3) how part 121 air carriers and aviation safety inspectors can better utilize data from such database as accident and incident prevention tools. (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enact- ment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa- tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a copy of the plan developed under subsection (a) and an explanation of how the Administration will implement the plan. (d) DEADLINE FOR BEGINNING IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN.—Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall begin implementation of the plan developed under subsection (a). SEC. 215. SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. (a) RULEMAKING.—The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall conduct a rulemaking proceeding to require all part 121 air carriers to implement a safety management system. (b) MATTERS TO CONSIDER.—In conducting the rulemaking under subsection (a), the Administrator shall consider, at a min- imum, including each of the following as a part of the safety management system: (1) An aviation safety action program. (2) A flight operational quality assurance program. (3) A line operations safety audit. (4) An advanced qualification program. (c) DEADLINES.—The Administrator shall issue— (1) not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a notice of proposed rulemaking under subsection (a); and (2) not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this Act, a final rule under subsection (a). (d) SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘safety management system’’ means the program estab- lished by the Federal Aviation Administration in Advisory Circular 120–92, dated June 22, 2006, including any subsequent revisions thereto. SEC. 216. FLIGHT CREWMEMBER SCREENING AND QUALIFICATIONS. (a) REQUIREMENTS.— 49 USC 44701 note. Regulations. Notice. 49 USC 44701 note. 49 USC 44701 note.
