Deviation to FAA Order 8000.95, Designee Management Policy, to authorize
appointment of a Manufacturing Designated Airworthiness Representative
(DAR-F) to issue certifications for an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), at a
UAS manufacturing facility

This deviation memorandum authorizes appointment of a DAR-F to issue Special Flight Permits
(SFPs) for production flight testing and experimental airworthiness certificates for the purpose of
operating a UAS for research and development, market survey, showing compliance, and crew
training at a manufacturing facility. This memorandum grants a deviation to the procedures and
requirements in FAA Order 8000.95, Volume 8, Chapters 2 through 12, to select, train, appoint,
and oversee a DAR-F issuing certificates at an UAS manufacturing facility. This program will
be managed outside of the FAA’s on-line Designee Management System (DMS). These
procedures will be incorporated into FAA Order 8000.95 and the Designee Management System
(DMS) at a later date.

Designees and Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) unit members now authorized to use the Portable Document Format (PDF) fillable forms for issuing FAA form 8100-2, Standard Airworthiness Certificate, and FAA form 8130-7, Special Airworthiness Certificate.

This memorandum rescinds memorandum AIR600-17-6F0-GM05, dated December 4, 2017,
which restricted designees and Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) unit members
from using the PDF fillable forms 8100-2 and 8130-7 during airworthiness certification
activities. As a result of this new memorandum, designees and ODA unit members are now
authorized to issue the PDF fillable form 8100-2 and form 8130-7.

This order provides the criteria to apply Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) Order JO 7110.65, Air Traffic Control, Paragraph 5-9-6, Simultaneous
Dependent Approaches, to parallel runways separated by less than 2,500 feet, also referred to as
Closely Spaced Parallel Runways (CSPR). Guidance for requesting a specific assessment for an
airport CSPR pair that is not included in Appendices A or B is included in this order.

This AC explains U.S. aviation
weather products and services. It provides details when necessary for interpretation and to aid
usage. This publication supplements its companion manual, AC 00-6, Aviation Weather,
which documents weather theory and its application to aviation. The objective of this AC is
to bring the pilot and operator up-to-date on new and evolving weather information and
capabilities to help plan a safe and efficient flight, while also describing the traditional
weather products that remain

This change adds guidance and information on Graphical
Forecast for Aviation (GFA), Localized Aviation Model Output Statistics (MOS) Program
(LAMP), Terminal Convective Forecast (TCF), Polar Orbiting Environment Satellites
(POES), Low-Level Wind Shear Alerting System (LLWAS), and Flight Path Tool graphics.
It also updates guidance and information on Direct User Access Terminal Service
(DUATS II), Telephone Information Briefing Service (TIBS), and Terminal Doppler
Weather Radar (TDWR). This change removes information regarding Area Forecasts (FA)
for the Continental United States (CONUS).

The changes to FAA Order JO 8020.16 replace temporary FAA Notice JO 8020.191, add additional policy revisions related to use of the Accident Package Generator, and edit paragraph 93 replacing “following” with “preceding.”

The changes initially documented in Notice JO 8020.191 mandate use of the Accident Package Generator and also modify accident file/package numbering nomenclature addressed in paragraph 80 and transcription processes addressed in paragraph 94 to streamline package production and tracking and support electronic signatures.

Advisory Circular (AC) 120-66C provides guidance for establishing an air transportation Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP). The objective of an ASAP is to encourage employees of certificate holders or other operators to voluntarily report safety information that may be critical to identifying potential precursors to accidents. Notice N 8900.542 supplements current policy relating to the ASAP. The changes are applicable to policy contained within FAA Order 8900.1, Volume 11, Chapter 2, Section 1. This notice introduces a provision for optional participation of the FAA on an ASAP event review committee (ERC) and provides some of the conditions that may warrant this option.