A Systems Approach to Aviation Safety: FAA Comments on Design for Regulatory Complianec-A Safety System

The FAA is involved in aircraft design for safety and continued airworthiness, its certification functions consisting of making preoperational findings or determinations that a product design, a facility, an operation, or a person satisfies the applicable Federal Aviation Regulation. This paper, in discussing safety systems, places particular emphasis on the design of aeronautical hardware for regulatory compliance.