Stage: Final Publications

Regulatory Agency Final Publications

EASA Proposed Means of Compliance with the Special Condition VTOL – Third Publication

The document at hand, Doc. No. MOC-3 SC-VTOL, contains the third publication of MOCs with the Special Condition VTOL. It proposes a new MOC that adds to the ones already published with Docs. No. MOC SC-VTOL and MOC-2 SC-VTOL. Following completion of this public consultation process, it is planned to collect all final MOCs in an upcoming issue of Doc. No. MOC SC-VTOL, for general convenience.

Public consultation on the EASA Comment-Response Tool (CRT) at http://hub.easa.europa.eu/crt/
Deadline to submit comments: 12 August 2022

FAA Order_8000.373C Federal Aviation Administration Compliance Program

This order sets forth the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Compliance Program as the overarching guidance for implementing the FAA’s strategic safety
oversight approach to meet the challenges of today’s rapidly changing aerospace systems. This
order also establishes the means by which the FAA will monitor the operation and effectiveness
of the Compliance Program.

FAA Notice N8900_630 LOA A049, Commercial Air Tour Operations Authorization and Drug and Alcohol Testing Program Registration

This notice announces a mandatory revision to Letter of
Authorization (LOA) A049 and updated Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Order 8900.1
guidance for commercial air tour operations conducted under Title 14 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR) part 91, § 91.147. This revision also replaces references to the “Antidrug
and Alcohol Misuse Prevention Program” with the “drug and alcohol testing program,” to align
it with 14 CFR part 120.

FAA Rule Docket No. FAA-2022-0241_Notice No. 22-03 Airplane Fuel Efficiency Certification

This action adopts fuel efficiency requirements for certification of certain airplanes. These certification requirements implement the emissions standards adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allow manufacturers to certificate their airplanes for fuel efficiency in the United States. This action also fulfills the FAA’s Clean Air Act obligations to enforce implementation of EPA’s aircraft emissions standards for greenhouse gas emissions.

FAA Order 8900.1 Streamlined Part 91 Operational Approvals

Source Basis:
• Section 61.66, Enhanced Flight Vision System Pilot Requirements.
• Section 91.176, Straight-In Landing Operations Below DA/DH or MDA Using an Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) Under IFR.
• Section 91.180, Operations Within Airspace Designated as Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum Airspace.
• Section 91.213, Inoperative Instruments and Equipment.
• Section 91.511, Communication and Navigation Equipment for Overwater Operations.
• Section 91.703, Operations of Civil Aircraft of U.S. Registry Outside of the United States.
• Section 91.706, Operations Within Airspace Designed as Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum Airspace.
• Part 91 Appendix G, Operations in Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) Airspace.
NOTE: Inspectors assigned to process a Streamlined Part 91 Operational Approval Application should use the guidance in this section instead of the guidance typically used to process applications for individual Letters of Authorization (LOA). This guidance facilitates the streamlined process and enables inspectors of varying experience levels to issue the LOAs without policy division concurrence.