Flight Standards Service
General Aviation and Commercial Division
Responsibilities
- Advising senior FAA management on general aviation matters
- Determining the need for and recommending general aviation research and development projects
- Determining the need for new or amended general aviation regulations
- Developing national policies, standards, systems, procedures, and programs for general aviation
- Developing operations specifications for those operations that require them
- Developing regulatory support products, such as advisory circulars, to supplement or explain how to comply with regulations
- Developing standards, policies, and procedures for appointing private individuals to represent the FAA Administrator for the certification of airmen such as designated pilot examiners
- Leading the Rotorcraft Task Force
- Managing the National Examiner Board (NEB) by which private individuals can be selected to represent the Administrator
- Processing petitions for exemptions from specific regulations
- Representing general aviation interests within the FAA and other government agencies and organizations, including foreign governments
- Reviewing regulatory programs
