Stage: Final Publications

Regulatory Agency Final Publications

FAA Memo AIR-100-17-140-DM10 Deviation to FAA Order 8120.23A, Certificate Management of Production Approval Holders

This deviation extends the date when a requesting managing office must submit a hand-off memorandum to the assigned office. A hand-off memorandum is applicable to a principal inspector audit, supplier control audit, and a product audit.
FAA Order 8120.23A, Certificate Management of Production Approval Holders, paragraph 3-16a, requires a requesting managing office to submit, in the Aircraft Certification Audit Information System (ACAIS), a hand-off memorandum to the assigned office no later than May 1 of each year. For fiscal year 2017 only, a requesting managing office must submit, in ACAIS, a hand-off memorandum to the assigned office no later than July 7, 2017.
This deviation will expire on October 1, 2017.

FAA AC_68-1A BasicMed

This advisory circular (AC) describes how pilots can exercise student, recreational, and private pilot privileges in certain small aircraft without holding a current medical certificate. It outlines the required medical education course, medical requirements, and aircraft and operating restrictions that pilots must meet to act as pilot in command (PIC) for most Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 91 operations. This AC is intended to be used as a resource for pilots operating under BasicMed. It is also intended to be a resource for State-licensed physicians who will be providing the required medical examination to those pilots.

FAA AC 23.2010-1 FAA Accepted Means of Compliance Process for 14 CFR Part 23

This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance on how to submit a proposed means of compliance to Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 23 for acceptance by the Administrator in accordance with § 23.2010, Accepted means of compliance. This guidance provides information to applicants seeking approval for a type certificate (TC), an amended TC, a supplemental type certificate (STC), an amended STC, type design changes, or parts manufacturer approval (PMA) that require use of the airworthiness standards contained in part 23.
2 APPLICABILITY.
2.1 This AC applies to applicants seeking approval for a TC, an amended TC, an STC, an amended STC, type design changes, or PMAs that require use of the airworthiness standards contained in part 23. This AC is intended for use by Design Approval Holders and persons seeking design approvals to the part 23 amendment 23-64 or later. However, an applicant may elect to use previous amendment levels of part 23 and its corresponding guidance material provided the highest amendment level, or latest amendment level of the existing TC/STC, is used.

EASA Opinion 03/2017 Regular update of regulations regarding pilot training, testing and checking and the related oversight — Proposed amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 on automatic validation of flight crew licences

This Opinion addresses a harmonisation issue related to flight crew licensing requirements. The objective of this Opinion is to ensure that non-controversial issues related to the flight crew licence format are timely addressed, thereby providing alignment with the relevant International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs).

Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 (the ‘Basic Regulation’) requires the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to assist Member States (MSs) in fulfilling their obligations under the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention) by providing a basis for a common interpretation and uniform implementation of the Convention requirements, and by ensuring that these requirements are duly taken into account in this Regulation and in the implementing rules (IRs) established for their implementation. In this context, the ICAO SARPs for the flight crew licensing requirements are proposed to be incorporated into Annex I (Part-FCL) and Appendix I to Annex VI (Part-ARA) to Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 (the ‘Aircrew Regulation’).

This Opinion, developed by EASA in accordance with Article 15 of the Management Board (MB) Decision No 18-2015, proposes amendments to Part-FCL and Part-ARA, by introducing new requirements regarding the automatic validation of flight crew licences in accordance with the ICAO Annex 1 SARPs, applicable as of 9 November 2017.

The proposed changes will ensure that flight crew licences issued by one MS are automatically rendered valid by the other MS parties to the Regional Safety Oversight Organizations’ (RSOOs) agreement that is registered with ICAO.