About Accident Investigations

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is unique within the massive U.S. federal government organizational chart. One might expect to find it next to the FAA among the “subsidiaries” of the Department of Transportation (DOT). It is not. The board was originally established in 1967, but in...
Kent Jackson

Kent Jackson is founder and managing partner of Jetlaw. He has contributed this legal column to BCA since 1998 and is also a type-rated airline…

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