This order is a comprehensive publication establishing policy and procedures for managing all
aspects of certain representatives of the Administrator including selection, appointment,
orientation, training, oversight, suspension, and termination.
This order represents a consolidation of existing policies across the following Aviation Safety
services and offices: Aircraft Certification Service, Flight Standards Service, and the Office of
Aerospace Medicine, as well as new policies within the Air Traffic Safety Oversight Service.
This order also establishes the Designee Management System, which is a web–based tool
designed to standardize the management of designees.

This AC provides guidance for non FAA Instrument Flight Procedure (IFP) developers, hereinafter referred to as “service providers,” to become authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (Flight Standards’ Flight Technologies and Procedures Division) to develop public performance based IFPs.

This notice announces a name change to the West Atlantic Route System
(WATRS), an area of operation available for authorization in Operations Specification
(OpSpec)/Management Specification (MSpec)/Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(14 CFR) part 125 Letter of Authorization (LOA) B050, Authorized Areas of En Route
Operations, Limitations, and Provisions. The new name is Atlantic Ocean—West Atlantic
(WAT). This affects operators under 14 CFR parts 91 subpart K (part 91K), 121, 121/135, 125
(including part 125 Letter of Deviation Authority (LODA) holders), and 135. This notice also
requires Safety Assurance offices to notify affected operators holding OpSpec/MSpec/part 125
LOA B050 about the changes.

This notice announces boundary changes for the areas of magnetic
unreliability (AMU) authorized via Operations Specification (OpSpec)/Management
Specification (MSpec)/Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 125 Letter of
Authorization (LOA) B040, Operations in Areas of Magnetic Unreliability, and for the South
Polar Area of Operation, authorized in OpSpec/MSpec/part 125 LOA B050, Authorized Areas of
En Route Operations, Limitations, and Provisions. This affects operators under 14 CFR
parts 91 subpart K (part 91K), 121, 121/135, 125 (including part 125 Letter of Deviation
Authority (LODA) holders), and 135. This notice also requires Safety Assurance offices to notify
operators holding OpSpecs/MSpecs/part 125 LOAs B040 and B050 with affected areas of
en route operations about the changes.

This notice provides information and tasks principal inspectors (PI)
with oversight of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 135 on-demand
operators conducting 14 CFR part 380 public charters with data collection.

On September 7, 2022, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
published Notice N 8100.17, Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) Holder
Interference with ODA Unit Members (UM) and Communication between UMs and the FAA, to
provide instructions and procedures intended to eliminate or minimize ODA holder interference
with UMs performing their authorized functions, and to ensure free communication between
UMs and the FAA. This updated notice extends the ongoing interference reporting and
communication instructions and procedures in Notice N 8100.17. This notice also provides new
procedures and instructions for FAA Organization Management Teams (OMT) in Sections
5(c)(1) and 7, and for the Interference Review Team in Section 5(c)(1). The policies contained in
this notice will be incorporated into the FAA’s next revision of FAA Order 8100.15,
Organization Designation Authorization Procedures. To the extent that this notice conflicts with
Order 8100.15B, the contents of this notice supersede that Order.