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Issued in Washington, DC, on January 23,
2014.
Frank P. Paskiewicz,
Deputy Director, Aircraft Certification
Service.
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Aviation Rulemaking Advisory
Committee (ARAC); New Task
Assignment for the ARAC:
Establishment of Airman Certification
System Working Group
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
The FAA assigned the ARAC
a new task arising from
recommendations of the ARAC Airman
Testing Standards and Training
Working Group (ATSTWG). The
ATSTWG recommended ways to ensure
that the FAA’s airman testing and
training materials better support
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reduction of fatal general aviation
accidents. The FAA and the Aviation
Industry jointly seek to improve airman
training and testing by establishing an
integrated, holistic airman certification
system that clearly aligns testing with
certification standards, guidance, and
reference materials, and maintains that
alignment. The new task is to establish
an Airman Certification System
Working Group (ACSWG) that will
provide expert assistance and industry
views to the FAA’s Flight Standards
Service (AFS) on the development,
modification, and continued alignment
of the major components of the airman
certification system.
This action item informs the public of
the new ARAC’s task and solicits
membership for the new ACSWG.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Van
L. Kerns, Manager, Regulatory Support
Division, FAA Flight Standards Service,
AFS 600, FAA Mike Monroney
Aeronautical Center, P.O. Box 25082,
Oklahoma City, OK 73125; telephone
(405) 954–4431, email van.l.kerns@
faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The FAA established ARAC to
provide advice and recommendations to
the FAA Administrator on the FAA’s
rulemaking activities. ARAC’s objectives
are to improve the development of the
FAA’s regulations by providing
information, advice, and
recommendations related to aviation
issues.
On September 21, 2011, the FAA
chartered the Airman Testing Standards
and Training Aviation Rulemaking
Committee (ARC) for the U.S. aviation
community to develop
recommendations for more effective
training and testing in the areas of
aeronautical knowledge and flight
proficiency required for safer operation
in today’s National Airspace System
(NAS). The FAA’s charge to the ARC
was to help ensure that FAA’s technical
information related to existing standards
for airman knowledge and skill tests,
computer testing supplements,
knowledge test guides, practical test
standards and training handbooks
incorporates the most current, relevant,
and effective approaches to training and
testing. The FAA specifically tasked the
ARC with providing recommendations
on a process for ongoing stakeholder
participation in developing the content
of these materials, and methodologies
for developing better test item bank
questions.
On August 30, 2012, the ARAC
accepted the FAA’s assignment of a new
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task in response to several of the ARC’s
recommendations. ARAC established
the ATSTWG to address the private
pilot, flight instructor, and instrument
rating training and testing materials by
developing an integrated Airman
Certification Standards (ACS) document
for each one. The FAA also tasked the
ATSTWG to develop a detailed proposal
to realign and, as appropriate,
streamline and consolidate existing
FAA guidance material (e.g.,
handbooks) with each integrated ACS
documents; and to propose
methodologies to ensure that knowledge
test item bank questions are consistent
with both the ACS documents and the
test question development principles set
forth in the ARC’s recommendations.
On September 30, 2013, the ARAC
submitted to the FAA the ATSTWG’s
final report and recommendations to
improve airman training and testing by
establishing an integrated, holistic
airman certification system that clearly
aligns testing with certification
standards, guidance, and reference
materials, and maintains that alignment.
The ATSTWG recommended specific
steps the FAA should take to adopt the
proposed Airman Certification System
approach, and steps for its ongoing
management. One of these steps is for
the FAA to establish an ACSWG to
assist the agency in ensuring that the
content of its ACS, guidance, and
knowledge testing materials is relevant
and current; and to ensure that all
components of the airman certification
system are maintained in alignment.
The Task
On December 2013, the ARAC
discussed the proposed actions for this
tasking. This notice advises the public
that the FAA has assigned, and the
ARAC has accepted, a new task to
establish the ACSWG. The FAA has
specifically tasked the ACSWG to
support the FAA’s goal to enhance
general aviation safety and reduce the
fatal general aviation accident rate by
providing a means for the aviation
industry to provide expert assistance
and industry views to the FAA’s Flight
Standards Service (AFS) on the
development, modification, and
continued alignment of the major
components of the airman certification
system, which include:
1. The ACS for airman certificates and
ratings (i.e. 8081-series documents);
2. Associated training guidance
material (e.g., H-series handbooks);
3. Test management (e.g., test
question development, test question
boarding, test composition/test
‘‘mapping,’’ and CT–8080-series
figures); and
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4. Reference materials, to include AFS
directives and Aviation Safety Inspector
guidance; FAA Orders, Advisory
Circulars (ACs), and other documents
pertaining to the airman certification
system.
The ACSWG is expected to develop a
report describing its work on each of the
listed elements. Any disagreements
should be documented, including the
rationale for each position and the
reasons for the disagreement.
In developing this report, the ACSWG
shall familiarize itself with:
1. A report to the FAA from the
Airman Testing Standards and Training
Aviation Rulemaking Committee:
Recommendations to Enhance Airman
Knowledge Test Content and Its
Processes and Methodologies for
Training and Testing (www.faa.gov/
aircraft/draft_docs/arc);
2. A report from the Airman Testing
Standards and Training Working Group
to the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory
Committee;
3. Aeronautical knowledge standards
set forth in 14 CFR part 61, Certification:
Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground
Instructors;
4. Flight proficiency standards set
forth in 14 CFR part 61, Certification:
Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground
Instructors;
5. FAA Airman Knowledge Test
Guide (FAA–G–8082–17E);
6. Current Practical Test Standards
documents for Private Pilot Airplane
(FAA–S–8081–14B); Flight Instructor
Airplane (FAA–S–8081–6C); and
Instrument Rating for Airplane,
Helicopter, and Powered Lift (FAA–S–
8081–4E); and
7. Current FAA guidance materials, to
include the Pilot’s Handbook of
Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA–H–
8083–25A); the Airplane Flying
Handbook (FAA–H–8083–3A); the
Aviation Instructor’s Handbook (FAA–
H–8083–9A); the Instrument Flying
Handbook (FAA–H–8083–15A); and the
Instrument Procedures Handbook
(FAA–H–8083–1A).
Schedule
The report must be forwarded to the
ARAC for review and approval no later
than December 31, 2015.
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ARAC Acceptance of New Task
The ARAC has accepted the task and
will assign it to the ARAC ACSWG. The
ACSWG serves as staff to ARAC and
assists in the analysis of the assigned
new task. ARAC must review and
approve the ACSWG’s report. If ARAC
accepts the ACSWG’s written report, it
will transmit it to the FAA.
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Working Group Activity
The ACSWG must comply with the
procedures adopted by ARAC. As part
of the procedures, the ACSWG must:
1. Recommend a work plan for
completion of the task, including the
rationale supporting such a plan, for
consideration at the next ARAC meeting
held following publication of this
notice.
2. Provide a status report at each
meeting of the ARAC.
3. Draft the report and required
analyses and/or any other related
materials or documents.
4. Present the final report to the
ARAC for review and approval.
Participation in the ARAC Working
Group
The ACSWG will be comprised of
aviation professionals with experience
and expertise in airman training and
testing, and technical experts having an
interest in the assigned new task. The
FAA would like a wide range of
members, to include individuals with
experience in the part 61, part 121, part
135, part 141, and part 142
communities, to ensure that all
appropriate aspects of airman testing
and training, including best practices,
are considered in the development of its
report.
If you wish to become a member of
the ACSWG, please write the person
listed under the caption FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT expressing such
desire. Describe your interest in the new
task and state the expertise you would
bring to the ACSWG. We must receive
all requests by February 28, 2014.
The ARAC and the FAA will review
the requests and advise you whether
your request is approved.
If you are chosen for membership on
the ACSWG, you must actively
participate by attending all meetings
and providing written comments when
requested to do so. You must devote the
resources necessary to support the
ACSWG in meeting any assigned
deadlines. You must keep your
management chain, and those you may
represent, advised of the ACSWG’s
activities and decisions to ensure the
proposed technical solutions do not
conflict with your sponsoring
organization’s position, when the
subject is presented to ARAC for
approval. Once the ACSWG has begun
deliberations, members will not be
added or substituted without the
approval of the FAA and the ACSWG
Chair.
The Secretary of Transportation
determined the formation and use of
ARAC is necessary and in the public
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interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed on the
FAA by law. ARAC meetings are open
to the public. However, ARAC Working
Group meetings are not open to the
public, except to the extent individuals
with an interest and expertise are
selected to attend. The FAA will make
no public announcement of the Working
Group’s meetings.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 24,
2014.
Lirio Liu,
Designated Federal Officer, Aviation
Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 2014–01673 Filed 1–28–14; 8:45 am]
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Petition Received
Federal Aviation
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ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption
received.
AGENCY:
This notice contains a
summary of a petition seeking relief
from specified requirements of 14 CFR.
The purpose of this notice is to improve
the public’s awareness of, and
participation in, this aspect of FAA’s
regulatory activities. Neither publication
of this notice nor the inclusion or
omission of information in the summary
is intended to affect the legal status of
the petition or its final disposition.
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identify the petition docket number and
must be received on or before February
18, 2014.
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and follow the instructions for sending
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC); New Task
Assignment for the ARAC: Establishment of Airman Certification System
Working Group
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The FAA assigned the ARAC a new task arising from
recommendations of the ARAC Airman Testing Standards and Training
Working Group (ATSTWG). The ATSTWG recommended ways to ensure that the
FAA's airman testing and training materials better support reduction of
fatal general aviation accidents. The FAA and the Aviation Industry
jointly seek to improve airman training and testing by establishing an
integrated, holistic airman certification system that clearly aligns
testing with certification standards, guidance, and reference
materials, and maintains that alignment. The new task is to establish
an Airman Certification System Working Group (ACSWG) that will provide
expert assistance and industry views to the FAA's Flight Standards
Service (AFS) on the development, modification, and continued alignment
of the major components of the airman certification system.
This action item informs the public of the new ARAC's task and
solicits membership for the new ACSWG.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Van L. Kerns, Manager, Regulatory
Support Division, FAA Flight Standards Service, AFS 600, FAA Mike
Monroney Aeronautical Center, P.O. Box 25082, Oklahoma City, OK 73125;
telephone (405) 954-4431, email van.l.kerns@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The FAA established ARAC to provide advice and recommendations to
the FAA Administrator on the FAA's rulemaking activities. ARAC's
objectives are to improve the development of the FAA's regulations by
providing information, advice, and recommendations related to aviation
issues.
On September 21, 2011, the FAA chartered the Airman Testing
Standards and Training Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) for the U.S.
aviation community to develop recommendations for more effective
training and testing in the areas of aeronautical knowledge and flight
proficiency required for safer operation in today's National Airspace
System (NAS). The FAA's charge to the ARC was to help ensure that FAA's
technical information related to existing standards for airman
knowledge and skill tests, computer testing supplements, knowledge test
guides, practical test standards and training handbooks incorporates
the most current, relevant, and effective approaches to training and
testing. The FAA specifically tasked the ARC with providing
recommendations on a process for ongoing stakeholder participation in
developing the content of these materials, and methodologies for
developing better test item bank questions.
On August 30, 2012, the ARAC accepted the FAA's assignment of a new
task in response to several of the ARC's recommendations. ARAC
established the ATSTWG to address the private pilot, flight instructor,
and instrument rating training and testing materials by developing an
integrated Airman Certification Standards (ACS) document for each one.
The FAA also tasked the ATSTWG to develop a detailed proposal to
realign and, as appropriate, streamline and consolidate existing FAA
guidance material (e.g., handbooks) with each integrated ACS documents;
and to propose methodologies to ensure that knowledge test item bank
questions are consistent with both the ACS documents and the test
question development principles set forth in the ARC's recommendations.
On September 30, 2013, the ARAC submitted to the FAA the ATSTWG's
final report and recommendations to improve airman training and testing
by establishing an integrated, holistic airman certification system
that clearly aligns testing with certification standards, guidance, and
reference materials, and maintains that alignment. The ATSTWG
recommended specific steps the FAA should take to adopt the proposed
Airman Certification System approach, and steps for its ongoing
management. One of these steps is for the FAA to establish an ACSWG to
assist the agency in ensuring that the content of its ACS, guidance,
and knowledge testing materials is relevant and current; and to ensure
that all components of the airman certification system are maintained
in alignment.
The Task
On December 2013, the ARAC discussed the proposed actions for this
tasking. This notice advises the public that the FAA has assigned, and
the ARAC has accepted, a new task to establish the ACSWG. The FAA has
specifically tasked the ACSWG to support the FAA's goal to enhance
general aviation safety and reduce the fatal general aviation accident
rate by providing a means for the aviation industry to provide expert
assistance and industry views to the FAA's Flight Standards Service
(AFS) on the development, modification, and continued alignment of the
major components of the airman certification system, which include:
1. The ACS for airman certificates and ratings (i.e. 8081-series
documents);
2. Associated training guidance material (e.g., H-series
handbooks);
3. Test management (e.g., test question development, test question
boarding, test composition/test ``mapping,'' and CT-8080-series
figures); and
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4. Reference materials, to include AFS directives and Aviation
Safety Inspector guidance; FAA Orders, Advisory Circulars (ACs), and
other documents pertaining to the airman certification system.
The ACSWG is expected to develop a report describing its work on
each of the listed elements. Any disagreements should be documented,
including the rationale for each position and the reasons for the
disagreement.
In developing this report, the ACSWG shall familiarize itself with:
1. A report to the FAA from the Airman Testing Standards and
Training Aviation Rulemaking Committee: Recommendations to Enhance
Airman Knowledge Test Content and Its Processes and Methodologies for
Training and Testing (www.faa.gov/aircraft/draft_docs/arc);
2. A report from the Airman Testing Standards and Training Working
Group to the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee;
3. Aeronautical knowledge standards set forth in 14 CFR part 61,
Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground Instructors;
4. Flight proficiency standards set forth in 14 CFR part 61,
Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground Instructors;
5. FAA Airman Knowledge Test Guide (FAA-G-8082-17E);
6. Current Practical Test Standards documents for Private Pilot
Airplane (FAA-S-8081-14B); Flight Instructor Airplane (FAA-S-8081-6C);
and Instrument Rating for Airplane, Helicopter, and Powered Lift (FAA-
S-8081-4E); and
7. Current FAA guidance materials, to include the Pilot's Handbook
of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25A); the Airplane Flying
Handbook (FAA-H-8083-3A); the Aviation Instructor's Handbook (FAA-H-
8083-9A); the Instrument Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-15A); and the
Instrument Procedures Handbook (FAA-H-8083-1A).
Schedule
The report must be forwarded to the ARAC for review and approval no
later than December 31, 2015.
ARAC Acceptance of New Task
The ARAC has accepted the task and will assign it to the ARAC
ACSWG. The ACSWG serves as staff to ARAC and assists in the analysis of
the assigned new task. ARAC must review and approve the ACSWG's report.
If ARAC accepts the ACSWG's written report, it will transmit it to the
FAA.
Working Group Activity
The ACSWG must comply with the procedures adopted by ARAC. As part
of the procedures, the ACSWG must:
1. Recommend a work plan for completion of the task, including the
rationale supporting such a plan, for consideration at the next ARAC
meeting held following publication of this notice.
2. Provide a status report at each meeting of the ARAC.
3. Draft the report and required analyses and/or any other related
materials or documents.
4. Present the final report to the ARAC for review and approval.
Participation in the ARAC Working Group
The ACSWG will be comprised of aviation professionals with
experience and expertise in airman training and testing, and technical
experts having an interest in the assigned new task. The FAA would like
a wide range of members, to include individuals with experience in the
part 61, part 121, part 135, part 141, and part 142 communities, to
ensure that all appropriate aspects of airman testing and training,
including best practices, are considered in the development of its
report.
If you wish to become a member of the ACSWG, please write the
person listed under the caption FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
expressing such desire. Describe your interest in the new task and
state the expertise you would bring to the ACSWG. We must receive all
requests by February 28, 2014.
The ARAC and the FAA will review the requests and advise you
whether your request is approved.
If you are chosen for membership on the ACSWG, you must actively
participate by attending all meetings and providing written comments
when requested to do so. You must devote the resources necessary to
support the ACSWG in meeting any assigned deadlines. You must keep your
management chain, and those you may represent, advised of the ACSWG's
activities and decisions to ensure the proposed technical solutions do
not conflict with your sponsoring organization's position, when the
subject is presented to ARAC for approval. Once the ACSWG has begun
deliberations, members will not be added or substituted without the
approval of the FAA and the ACSWG Chair.
The Secretary of Transportation determined the formation and use of
ARAC is necessary and in the public interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed on the FAA by law. ARAC meetings are open
to the public. However, ARAC Working Group meetings are not open to the
public, except to the extent individuals with an interest and expertise
are selected to attend. The FAA will make no public announcement of the
Working Group's meetings.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 24, 2014.
Lirio Liu,
Designated Federal Officer, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 2014-01673 Filed 1-28-14; 8:45 am]
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