Document Information
- Type
- Notice
- Number
- 8900.571
- Title
- Airworthiness and Operational Risk-Based Decision Making
- Date issued
- 2020-11-20
- Date cancelled
- 2021-11-20
- Office of Primary Responsibility
- AFS-300
- Access restriction
- Public
- Order purpose statement
This notice brings awareness to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety inspectors of risk-based decision-making guidance and resources that eliminate single-person decisions, supports the reestablishment of compliance, and provides procedures to authorize alternative methods to continue safe operations as needed and as appropriate. When operational and/or airworthiness issues are complex, difficult to determine, or there is potential for controversy, Flight Standards (FS) employees will exercise risk-based decision making and eliminate single-person decisions. This notice also provides awareness that FAA Order 8900.1, Volume 3, Chapter 60, Section 1, Risk-Based Decision Making Airworthiness Directive Compliance, and Volume 3, Chapter 60, Section 2, Interdependent Risk-Based Compliance and Management Decision Making, now reflect this expectation.
- Content
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- N 8900.571 (PDF)
For more information, contact 9-awa-ait-directives@faa.gov.