General Aviation & Commercial Division

The Delegation Group is responsible for Flight Standards delegation policy, designee training, and program quality assurance. This includes individual designee policy and training development, and delivery of seminars for designees and FAA personnel. The Delegation Group participates in designee applicant evaluation, assists Flight Standards Safety Assurance offices with designee-related issues, engages with industry groups, responds to congressional inquiries/mandates, and provides designee quality assurance via data analysis and reporting on designee training and oversight. The Delegation Group provides policy development/revision of FAA Order 8000.95 (Flight Standards Designee Policy), and FAA Order 8900.1 (Flight Standards Information Management System).

The group supports the AVS-60 ODA Office with Flight Standards ODA policy development of FAA Order 8100.15 (Organization Authorization Designation Procedures) and Flight Standards ODA course development.
 

The Delegation Group provides training content development and delivery (seminars) for Flight Standards individual Designees and FAA personnel. This includes, but is not limited to the following:

  • Flight Standards Managing Specialists 
  • Designated Pilot Examiners (DPEs)
  • Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAEs)
  • Designated Mechanic Examiners (DMEs)
  • Designated Airworthiness Representatives (DAR-Ts, DAR-Fs)
  • Designated Manufacturing Inspection Representatives (DMIRs)
  • Designated Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPREs)

The Delegation group provides training content development for Aircrew Program Designees (APDs) and Training Center Evaluators (TCEs) for training delivered by Flight Standards Managing Specialists.

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