Flight Simulators: FAA Should Take Steps to Ensure Oversight Efforts Address Increased Workload
What GAO Found The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) uses the National Simulator Program (NSP) to evaluate and oversee an increasing number of flight simulators. NSP’s oversight ensures that simulators accurately replicate the aircraft they simulate. From 1990 to 2025, the number of simulators increased by more than 500 percent, while the number of NSP staff remained steady. From 2019 through 2024, the number and type of simulator evaluations that NSP conducted remained relatively steady, as NSP implemented the Extended Evaluation Interval (EEI) program, among other strategies, to oversee the growing number of simulators. This program allows FAA to extend intervals between evaluations—f.
Reported by Maria LopezFlight Simulators: FAA Should Take Steps to Ensure Oversight Efforts Address Increased Workload.
The item is dated Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:10:23 -0400.
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What GAO Found The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) uses the National Simulator Program (NSP) to evaluate and oversee an increasing number of flight simulators.
NSP’s oversight ensures that simulators accurately replicate the aircraft they simulate.
From 1990 to 2025, the number of simulators increased by more than 500 percent, while the number of NSP staff remained steady.
From 2019 through 2024, the number and type of simulator evaluations that NSP conducted remained relatively steady, as NSP implemented the Extended Evaluation Interval (EEI) program, among other strategies, to oversee the growing number of simulators.
This program allows FAA to extend intervals between evaluations—f…
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