SUMMARY: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will hold a public meeting of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC) on December 7, 2021. The meeting agenda and information on public participation
is provided below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
In light of the current COVID–19 public health crisis, the meeting will be virtual.
DATES: The Committee will meet on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. This meeting may end early if all business is completed. Requests to attend the meeting must be received by November 19, 2021. Requests to address the Committee must also be received by November 19, 2021.
The objective of the proposed ‘Part 21 Light’ is to provide cost-efficient and proportionate rules in the field of the initial airworthiness of aircraft used for sport and recreational aviation.
Compared to Part 21, the proposed ‘Part 21 Light’ provides a lighter approach to the certification of those general aviation aircraft, and introduces the possibility for a declaration of design compliance to be submitted as an alternative to certification. The proposed ‘Part 21 Light’ also provides for the possibility to demonstrate design and production capabilities through a declaration, instead of an approval, and for certain low-risk production activities the demonstration of production capabilities is not required at all.
The Opinion captures the outcome of a series of focused consultation workshops that have been used by the Agency to develop this Opinion. Furthermore, following consultation of the draft Opinion with the Advisory Bodies, the regulatory text of ‘Part 21 Light’ has been further refined to accommodate concerns about proportionality (e.g. removal of safety management elements).
With these new possibilities, it is expected that the barriers to the entry into the European regulatory system will be lowered while maintaining aviation safety. This is expected to invigorate and stimulate the general aviation sector and permit the easier development of new aircraft types.
The proposed ‘Part 21 Light’ and related amendments of existing Regulations are expected to reduce the regulatory burden for the designers and manufacturers of aircraft used for sport and recreational aviation while continuing to ensure a high level of safety.
This memorandum supersedes AIR600-20-6C0-DM133, dated Mar 26, 2020 authorizing
a deviation to FAA Order 8130.2J, Appendix B, paragraph B-4 and the forwarding of
completed airworthiness certification files to the AFB-710, 60 calendar days after
issuance of the certificate. This deviation will remain in effect until such time individual
regional office personnel return back to work in accordance with the FAA Recovery
Phase guidelines.
Additionally this memorandum provides further guidance to AIR600-20-6C0-DM139,
dated July 22, 2020, paragraph 2. The electronic ASKME Airworthiness Certification
(AWC) application does not support processing and issue of airworthiness certificates for
applicants registering small Unmanned Aircraft Systems under 14 CFR Part 48 at this
time and therefore is not required for use for those aircraft.
1. Purpose of This Notice. This notice provides a policy update to better define how and when
to close regulatory Compliance Actions (CA).
2. Audience. The primary audience for this notice is the Flight Standards (FS) Air Carrier and
General Aviation Safety Assurance offices’ aviation safety inspectors (ASI), Front Line
Managers (FLM), Office Managers (OM), aviation safety technicians (AST), and aviation safety
assistants (ASA). The secondary audience includes the Safety Standards and Foundational
Business offices.
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 Aviation Safety (AVS) Services and Offices: Aircraft Certification Service (AIR), Flight Standards Service (FS), and the Office of Aerospace Medicine (AAM). This order also establishes the Designee Management System (DMS), which is a web-based tool designed to standardize the management of designees.
