The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) oversight of SkyWest's practices does not “fully comply with agency's guidance”, the US Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General (OIG) said in a report on July 28, 2025. The report found the FAA had failed to resolve “persistent issues” with the company's maintenance practices.
The report found that the FAA's Certificate Management Office (CMO) has not resolved issues with SkyWest's remote return to service maintenance practices for over four years. The CMO has been working to resolve 32 issues involving remote return to services.
“At the time of our analysis, the CMO had resolved 26 of the 32 issues using compliance actions and other tools, while six issues remained in progress,” the report read. “Despite the resolutions, however, noncompliance persisted with SkyWest's remote return to service maintenance practices. These problems indicate that the CMO's efforts to ensure that SkyWest resolved identified noncompliances were not effective.”
The OIG had issued several recommendations for improving the FAA's oversight, which latter had “partially concurred” with.
SkyWest has been contacted for comment.