Can the Registrar consider the record of a related operator during the assignment of a safety rating?
In assigning a safety rating the Registrar may consider the safety record of a person or company related to the operator. This includes business relationships where the Registrar believes that the safety of one operator is closely tied to those of another operator. This discretion is similar to that which the Registrar may apply in sanctioning or issuing CVOR certificates, where an operator’s operating privileges may be suspended or cancelled or an application for CVOR denied if they are closely connected to a operator who has been found to have operated with poor safety performance. In both these cases the intent is to prevent a operator with a poor safety record from simply moving their operation from one CVOR to another to avoid a potential sanction and/or downgraded safety rating.
