Guidance for Foreign State Instrument Flight Procedure and Airport Review

The FAA will soon issue a Notice to discontinue its review and approval process for foreign Required Navigation Performance (RNP) Authorization Required (AR) procedures (OpSpec C384 Table 2) and foreign CAT II/III airport facilities (OpSpec C060 Table 3). OpSpec C060 Table 3 and OpSpec C384 Table 3 will be removed by FAA Notice. In addition, OpSpec C058, Special Restriction for Foreign Instrument Procedures, will be discontinued.
Foreign RNP AR procedure and foreign CAT II/III airport facilities design has matured to the point that FAA approval is no longer required.

Shane Pengelly

Acting Director, Air Traffic Safety Operations Division, AOV-200

Shane Pengelly is the Acting Air Traffic Safety Operations Oversight Division Director for the Air Traffic Safety Oversight Service (AOV), responsible for leading and executing oversight...

Scott Chance

Acting Executive Director
Air Traffic Safety Oversight Service, AOV-1

Scott Chance is the Acting Executive Director of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Air Traffic Safety Oversight Service (AOV), responsible for directing the independent, risk-based,...

Peter Brady

Pete Brady is the Acting Director for the Air Traffic Safety Standards Oversight Division (AOV-100). The division leads policy oversight of the Air Traffic Organization’s (ATO) safety standards by reviewing and approving national changes to policy standards, ATO’s Safety Management System (SMS) aligned with the...

Transportation of Organs on Commercial Airlines

Organs and biological material (e.g., bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cells) are transported via commercial airline virtually every day. Recent changes in organ allocation and distribution policies result in broader geographic sharing of donor organs, which means a higher percentage of organs will be transported over longer distances. 

Previous Meeting Resources

Introductory Meeting – March 6, 2025:

• Federal Register Notice – Introductory Meeting
• Modernization of Part 141 Introductory Public Meeting Presentation (PDF)
• Part 141 Modernization Introductory Public Meeting - YouTube

Atlanta Meeting – April: 1-3, 2025:

• Federal Register Notice – Atlanta Meetings
• Agenda for Atlanta Primary Meeting – April 1-3 (PDF) 
• Part 141 Certification and CSOP - Presentation (PDF)
• Part 141 Certificate Management - Presentation (PDF)
• Part 141 Examining Authority - Presentation (PDF)
• AC ODA – Presentation (PDF)

May Virtual Meeting – May 6-7, 2025:

• Federal Register Notice – Secondary Virtual Meetings
• Agenda for Secondary Virtual Meeting – May 6-7, 2025 (PDF)

BSU Hybrid Meeting – June 10-11, 2025

• Federal Register Notice – June Hybrid Meeting
• Agenda for Hybrid – June – 10-11, 2025 (PDF)
• GASA Operations – Part 141 Modernization (PDF)
• ICAO – Part 141 Modernization (PDF)
• SMS – Part 141 Modernization (PDF)
• VSP – Part 141 Modernization (PDF)

July Virtual Meeting – July  8-9, 2025

• Federal Register Notice – July Virtual Meeting
• Agenda July Virtual Meeting – July    8-9, 2025
• Economic Analysis for Rulemaking – Part 141 Modernization (PDF)
• Overview Rulemaking Process – Part 141 Modernization (PDF)

LED Approach Lighting System Installations

As the supply of incandescent lamps used in approach lighting systems dwindles, the FAA has begun using Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamps to keep the approach lighting up and running. Pilots using EFVS with IR-based sensors on approaches to runways with LED approach lights may have a decreased sensor performance.

Numerous FAA offices collaborated on how best to track the airfields where LEDs have been installed. The most efficient method of disseminating the information is to include a standard remark in the “Additional Remarks” section of the chart supplement pages for airports where LEDs have been installed in the approach lighting system(s). The below image includes an example of the verbiage that pilots should expect to see in the chart supplement. 

Contact the EFVS Point of Contact at 9-AVS-AFS-EFVS@faa.gov if you encounter LED bulbs in approach lighting systems that have not been annotated in the chart supplement.

Brittany B. Richardson

Brittany Richardson is the acting Executive Deputy Director in the Office of Accident Investigation and Prevention.

Brittany started her aviation career more than 30 years ago at USAir and USAir Express, a legacy large part 121 air carrier and its...

Regional Oceanic Resource Guides for U.S. Operators

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• NAT Resource Guide
• Pacific Resource Guide
• WAT, Gulf of America, and Caribbean Resource Guide

Tentative Meeting Schedule

The tentative schedule is not considered finalized until listed in the Federal Register Notice.

This project consists of a set of three primary and secondary meetings that focus upon a list of subjects from the “Modernization of Part 141 Initiative Public Letter and Public Meeting Objectives and Tasks”.  The secondary public meeting will provide an opportunity for follow-up discussions from the primary meeting.  Hybrid meetings can be attended either in-person or virtually.  

Subjects: Certification, Certificate Management, and Examining Authority: Part 61 training providers and challenges they face to become a part 141 pilot school; part 141 certification and certificate management; examining authority.

• Primary Public Meeting (hybrid) - April 1-3, 2025 – FAA Southern Regional Office

  • Address: 1701 Columbia Ave., College Park, GA 30337

• Secondary Public Meeting (Virtual) – May 6-7, 2025 

Subjects: Safety: Risk mitigation, reduction of fatal accidents, and Quality Assurance System as defined by ICAO.  

• Primary Public Meeting (hybrid) – June 10-11, 2025 – Bridgewater State University (BSU)
   
  • Address: Moakley Auditorium; 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA 02325

•    Secondary Public Meeting (Virtual) – July 8-9, 2025
  
Subjects: Technology and Learning:  Emerging technologies such as aircraft, simulation, EFBs, recordkeeping; various learning and examination methods. 

• Primary Public meeting (hybrid) – October 7-8, 2025 – Salt Lake City Flight Standards District Office (FSDO)
   
  • 1020 Flyer Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84116
     
• Secondary Public Meeting (hybrid) – November 4-5, 2025  – Salt Lake City Flight Standards District Office (FSDO)
   
  • 1020 Flyer Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84116
     
• Closing Public Meeting (hybrid) – December 4-5 2025 – FAA Southwestern Regional Office
   
  • Address: 10101 Hillwood Pkwy., Fort Worth, TX 7624