Executive Leadership:
- Daniel Kelman
Director, Office of Safety Standards - Leisha Bell (A)
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Safety Standards - Timothy R. Adams
Deputy Director, Office of Safety Standards - Office of Safety Standards (AFS) Services and Contacts
The Office of Safety Standards focuses on establishing standards within the Service's purview for operations, repair and alteration of aircraft and operations, the use of designees or delegation, flight technologies, safety promotion, and international operations. This Office represents the safety policy component and shares in the representation of the Safety Risk Management (SRM) and safety promotion components of the Service's Safety Management System (SMS) under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 5. These responsibilities are balanced across eight divisions.
The eight divisions of the Office of Safety Standards focus on the following:
- Air carrier and air taxi operations, and the maintenance and alteration of aircraft
- International agreements and certification and oversight for foreign entities, and determining operational suitability of aircraft
- Airmen qualifications, general flight operations, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), and flight technologies associated with air traffic management, airspace requirements, and Instrument Flight Procedures (IFP).
- Safety promotion oversight and integration of 14 CFR part 5 SMS policy, Voluntary Programs and Compliance Program.
The Office of Safety Standards:
- Develops, implements, and tracks regulations, guidance, and directives
- Work collaboratively and interdependently with other Top Level Organizations (TLO), divisions and external certificate holders, aviation organizations and stakeholders to identify and create awareness of trends impacting aviation safety.
- Strategy and policy development for FS and AVS safety analytics and risk-based, decision-making analytical products.
The Office of Safety Standards is comprised of the following eight divisions:
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