FAA Administrator David Hinson

FAA Administrator David Hinson, defending his agency's safety record, said "only five or six" of the 420 airworthiness directives it issued last year grew out of National Transportation Safety Board recommendations. This means FAA originated about 98% of all safety measures in 1994, he said.

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