This order restates current Flight Standards Service (FS) policy for personnel to use as they develop and execute annual surveillance work programs; incorporates organizational changes and policy division changes; and updates previous guidance work activities, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommendations, Inspector General (IG) recommendations, and congressional mandates. This order contains guidance that is pertinent to Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) parts 61, 65, 91, 91 subpart K (part 91K), 105, 125, 129, 133, 137, and 183 Airworthiness Organization Designation Authorizations (ODA).

This order establishes policies and procedures for issuing airworthiness certificates, export
certificates of airworthiness, and special flight authorizations for aircraft. This order applies to
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aviation safety inspectors and certain persons designated
to act as representatives of the FAA.

This notice provides guidance to aviation safety inspectors (ASI)
authorized to perform field approvals, Flight Standards (FS) Safety Assurance offices using the
Electronic FAA Form 337 (E337) system, and Aviation Safety Engineers (ASE). This notice is
administrative in nature.

This notice announces a nonmandatory revision to Title 14 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR) part 91 Letter of Authorization (LOA) A001, Issuance and Applicability.

This Advisory Circular (AC) provides guidance on compliance with Title 14 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (14 CFR) § 460.15, Human Factors. It is intended to assist prospective
applicants in obtaining commercial space authorizations and operating in compliance with
commercial space safety regulations. Section 460.15 requires an operator to take the precautions
necessary to account for human factors that can affect a crew’s ability to perform safety critical
roles.