FAA oversight of airlines is again under scrutiny by a government watchdog agency in the wake of lapses in compliance at Southwest Airlines and American Airlines.

Specifically the DOT Inspector General is investigating FAA’s methods of ensuring compliance with Airworthiness Directives (ADs) and the agency’s risk-based air transportation oversight system (ATOS).

The US Congress requested the IG audit following the widely reported grounding of aircraft at Southwest and American Airlines to ensure compliance with certain ADs.

American experienced the largest disruption, canceling nearly 2,500 flights in April after grounding its MD-80 fleet to inspect components holding wiring in wh

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