Stage: Final Publications

Regulatory Agency Final Publications

FAA Notice N_8900.622 OpSpec A001, Issuance and Applicability, and Reports

This notice announces a nonmandatory revision to operations
specification (OpSpec) A001 for Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 129
to update the terminology used for the operations authorized. This notice also announces revised
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Order 8900.1 guidance for OpSpec A001.

FAA Notice N_8900.623 OpSpec A001, Issuance and Applicability

This notice announces a revision to operations specification
(OpSpec) A001 for Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 145 certificate
holders (CH) to accommodate multiple aviation safety agreements within the scope of this
OpSpec. It also simplifies the template language to provide verification of the safety agreements
in general by removing specific references to U.S./European Union (EU) aviation safety
agreements.

FAA AIR600-21-AIR-600-PM04 Guidance on the Implementation of the Aircraft Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act, Section 116(b), Flight Crew Alerting

This memorandum addresses FAA compliance with Section 116(b) of the Aircraft
Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act, Pub. L. 116-260 (the Act). This
memorandum provides the framework and guidance for the FAA’s implementation of
Section 116(b) to Aircraft Certification Service staff involved in the certification of
transport category airplanes and transport rotorcraft.
This policy does not address compliance of specific aircraft models to Section 116(b).
Because every flightdeck design is different, assessments regarding compliance of
existing flightcrew alerting systems with Section 116(b) must be made on a case-by-case
basis as necessary during the design certification process for an amended type certificate.