Week 6 EOC: Illicit: What do I think of it.

I work in the aircraft industry and illicit aircraft parts and hardware are a problem, they can make a life or death difference for people who travel. Illegal counterfeit aircraft is one that has caused airplanes to crash. Counterfeit car parts can cause enough danger and failure can cause an accident but in the aircraft industry and commercial aircraft parts can cause death. A car can pull over when there's failure but a failure with a aircraft part means an emergency. Aircraft can't pull over on a cloud when there's a problem. Security is also important when aircraft go outside the company to be worked on when they need maintenance there's no control over the parts that are used. The F.A.A. regulations and procedures over our private and commercial airlines keep use safe. Compare the U.S. and Europe safety with Asia and Latin safety where counterfeit parts are a commonplace. U.S. and Europe flights are a lot more safe than our counter parts.

Counterfeit parts, what are they? Unapproved parts: Under F.A.A. regulations unapproved parts are parts that are all aircraft parts manufactured without F.A.A. approval. Unapproved parts includes stolen parts, productions overrun, exceeded their time limits, fraudulently marked parts or with no traceability. Counterfeit parts are all the above plus they are made of inferior properties. Some of the cases are Falcon windows, flight control fittings, gyros, engine fan blades, engine mounts, gyros, and the list goes on. The criminal charges for "willfully communicate false information to endanger the safety of aircraft" ( 18 U.S.C. 32(a)(60 and "aiding and abetting, or willfully causing an offense against the United States"(18 U.S.C. 2). These charges for an individuals and corporations can get you up to five years in jail. $250,000 per count or $300,00 per count plus cost. It must be stopped for heaven's sake, the lives of our children and families.