Stage: Final Publications

Regulatory Agency Final Publications

FAA Order IR 3900.75 Aircraft Certification Service (AIR) Hearing Conservation Program (HCP)

The Aircraft Certification Service (AIR) Hearing Conservation Program (HCP) is an element of
the AIR Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) program and is established to prevent
occupational hearing loss in AIR employees. Hearing loss is a pervasive occupational health
issue. However, occupational noise-induced hearing loss can be reduced, or often eliminated,
through the successful application of an effective HCP.
This Order specifies the actions necessary to protect the health and safety of all AIR employees,
and provides the requirements for development, implementation, and maintenance of an effective
HCP.
Compliance with this order implements the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s
(OSHA) General Industry Standards and applicable Consensus Standards published by
consensus organizations related to the AIR HCP.

FAA Order IR 3900.74 Aircraft Certification Service (AIR) Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) Program – Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)

The Aircraft Certification Service (AIR) Bloodborne Pathogens
(BBP) Program is established and maintained to prevent occupational exposure to pathogens in
blood and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) to AIR employees. This program
specifies the actions necessary to protect the health and safety of all AIR employees, and
provides the requirements for development, implementation, and maintenance of an effective
BBP Program

FAA Order IR 3900.73 Aircraft Certification Service (AIR) Aircraft Accident Investigation Safety (AAIS) Program – Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Document Information

The purpose of this order is to provide requirements and guidelines
to protect Aircraft Certification Service (AIR) personnel from injury, illness, or death while
performing work-related duties on or near aircraft accident sites. This order applies to all aircraft
accident sites, at facilities where aircraft are being reconstructed for forensic analyses, and
hands-on inspection activities of single aircraft components associated with such incidences.

FAA Notice N_8900.470 OpSpec C077, Terminal Visual Flight Rules, Limitations, and Provisions

This notice provides revised guidance for Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) principal operations inspectors (POI) and responsible Flight Standards
offices with oversight responsibilities for certificate holders and/or foreign operators conducting
airplane operations under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) parts 121, 129,
and 135. This notice amends and clarifies operations specification (OpSpec) C077 for terminal
flight operations. This is a nonmandatory revision, and this notice amends C077 templates for
conducting airplane operations under parts 121, 129, and 135.

Opinion 03/2018 Requirements for air traffic services

This Opinion addresses safety and regulatory coordination issues related to the provision of air traffic services (ATS).

The main objective of this Opinion is to maintain a high level of safety in the European Union (EU) air navigation system, in particular with regard to the provision of ATS. In order to achieve this objective, the proposal aims to:

  • transpose the relevant International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) provisions on ATS into the EU aviation regulatory framework, thus contributing to their uniform implementation throughout the EU, and supporting EU Member States in fulfilling their obligations stemming from the Chicago Convention; and
  • define proportionate and cost-efficient rules.

The Opinion proposes amendments to:

  • Regulation (EU) 2017/373 and Annexes I (Part-Definitions), IV (Part-ATS) and V (Part-MET) thereto; and
  • Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 and the Annex thereto.

The Opinion introduces a detailed set of provisions, mainly transposed from the relevant ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) and Procedures for Air Navigation Services (PANS), into Regulation (EU) 2017/373, in particular in Annex IV (Part-ATS) thereto. In addition, it removes the existing provision referencing to ICAO Annexes 10 Volume II and 11, to address the provision of ATS, thus implementing the Essential Requirements in Annex Vb 2.(c) to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008. Minor amendments to Annex V (Part-MET) are introduced to ensure consistency with Part-ATS.

Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 are also proposed for consistency, in consideration of the close interrelationship between the ATS provision and the rules of the air.

Additionally, this Opinion addresses some safety recommendations submitted to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA.)