WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Transportations Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has suspended the repair station certificate of Aviation Service, Inc. (ASI), a Lexington, Kentucky-based aircraft repair station.

The FAA alleges that ASI failed to establish an Employee Training Program (ETP) that met FAA regulations. The FAA notified ASI numerous times between July 7, 2011 and October 9, 2012 that its ETP did not meet FAA regulations.

After ASI failed to modify its ETP, the FAA issued an immediately effective action to suspend ASIs certificate, determining that an emergency existed related to the safety of the traveling public.

An FAA-approved ETP is critical to ensure that employees performing maintenance for a repair station are capable of completing such work.

The suspension will continue until ASI develops an ETP that the FAA approves.