Dr. Brett A. Wyrick, D.O., M.P.H.

Deputy Federal Air Surgeon

Office of Aerospace Medicine

Federal Aviation Administration

Dr. Brett Wyrick serves as the Deputy Federal Air Surgeon (AAM-2) in the Office of Aerospace Medicine (AAM) for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). He is the Senior Executive responsible for the AAM-100 Program Management Division, AAM-200 Medical Specialties Division, AAM-800 Drug Abatement Division, and the nine Regional Flight Surgeon Offices at various locations throughout the United States. He first joined the FAA in 2016 as the Regional Flight Surgeon for the Northwest Mountain Region, and he served with the United States Air Force prior to service with the FAA.

Dr. Wyrick is dual Board Certified in General Surgery and Aerospace Medicine; he is a Fellow in the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (FACOS), and a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA). He received his Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) degree from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in Kansas City, Missouri in 1989, and completed his surgical training at Oklahoma State University in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1994. He went on to earn a Master of Public Health degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2008, and he completed his Residency in Aerospace Medicine at Brooks AFB, Texas in 2009. Dr. Wyrick was in the private practice of General Surgery for ten years prior extended Active Duty with the United States Air Force. He served four combat tours in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. His previous assignments include Air National Guard Assistant to the Air Combat Command Surgeon, Command Surgeon for the Air National Guard, Deputy Surgeon General of the National Guard Bureau, and Assistant Adjutant General (Air) of the Hawaii Air National Guard. Major General Wyrick retired from military service in 2023 as the Senior Air National Guard Advisor to the Department of the Air Force Surgeon General.

Dr. Wyrick has received numerous awards and decorations, and he holds the aeronautical rating of Chief Flight Surgeon with over 900 flight hours. He is also a Private Pilot and a Senior Aviation Medical Examiner for the FAA. He is married to Dr. Maryam Allahyar-Wyrick who is the Director of Research, Development, and Technology for Federal Railroad Administration, and they live with their youngest son in Northern Virginia. Both of their older children are officers in the United States Air Force.

General Aviation Safety Assurance (AFG-900)

Delegation and Resource Branch (AFG-970)

The Delegation and Resource Branch provides oversight to Designated Pilot Examiners and Specialty Aircraft Examiners which includes Experimental, Vintage, Sport Pilot and Flight Engineer Examiners. The branch is also responsible for the Flight Standards Inspector Resource Program (FSIRP) which is an internal program to the FAA to provide specialized inspector resources throughout the nation.

We perform the following functions:

• Oversight of Specialty Aircraft Examiners
• Flight Standards Inspector Resource Program
• Oversight of Designated Pilot Examiners

Useful Links

• FSIRP (FAA use only)
• Certification of Light Sport Aircraft
• Sport-Pilot Information
• Vintage & Experimental Aircraft Program

Contact Information
Ronald “Dante” Fontenot, Branch Manager
Ronald.Fontenot@faa.gov 
Phone: (601) 317-5091
Fax: (405) 954-6688

Mailing Address:
Federal Aviation Administration
Delegation and Resource Branch, ARB, Room 313
Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center
P.O. Box 25082
Oklahoma City, OK 73125

Physical Address:
Federal Aviation Administration
Delegation and Resource Branch, ARB, Room 313
Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center
6500 S. MacArthur Boulevard
ARB, Room 304A
Oklahoma City, OK 73169

If you are having difficulty locating an examiner, please contact the Delegation and Resource Branch at 9-AVS-AFG-970@faa.gov or (405) 954-6400.

Change Management Services Branch

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The Change Management Services Branch supports executives, senior leaders, managers and project teams lead and manage their change needs.

Aris Scarla, Program Manager

Manages the branch and continued sustainability of the FAA Flight Standards Service (FS) Change Management program. He also serves as an advisor to FS Executive Leaders on the development and implementation of change management policies, procedures, and practices that influence organizational performance.

Change Management Services Branch

Services

CMSB provides services that supports Flight Standards' ability to lead and manage change, identify and mitigate risk through data analysis and resource project needs.

Advisory

Provide a broad range of advice, expertise and skill development to aid the client in gaining clarity, focus and understanding in addressing their change needs.

Consultation

Conduct assessments and evaluations that provide data and analytics to aid in the design and solution in determining size, scope, risk mitigation, and other key factors to support better decisions in planning and implementing changes.

Project Support

Support Primary Sponsors, Sponsor Coalitions, Change Management Practitioners (CMP), Project Managers and Project Teams in the coordination, planning, resourcing and oversight throughout the lifecycle of projects.

Change Management Services Branch

Mission and Vision

The Change Management Services Branch is committed to assuring Flight Standards and Aviation Safety realize the full benefits of the program and its services (advisory, consulting, and project support). We build collaborative relationships, reveal new perspectives on dealing with change, manage project resources and work directly with people across the organization to support their change needs.

Vision

Provide a program and services that enable consistent success in implementing change.

Mission

Continually improve CMSB abilities in order to consistently provide quality change services. It will do this by maturing its capabilities in five strategic areas: Leadership, Application, Competency, Standardization and Socialization.

Flight Standards Service Programs

Change Management Services Branch

The Change Management Services Branch provides Advisory, Consultation, and Project Support.

The services are designed to support Flight Standards and address all changes from strategy through project completion. Combined, the program and it's services advance Flight Standards' ability to lead and manage change, identify and mitigate risk through data analysis, improve productivity, increase organizational efficiency, and grow long-term change capability.

Susan E. Northrup, M.D., MPH

Office of Aerospace Medicine

Federal Aviation Administration

Current Job Description

Dr. Susan E. Northrup is the Federal Air Surgeon for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. In this capacity, she leads the Office of Aerospace Medicine in Washington, D.C. She leads strategic management of the FAA's aviation medical programs, which oversee all pilots. Together with the Deputy Federal Air Surgeon, she shares responsibility for the direction and management of all FAA medical programs.

This includes the development and establishment of airman medical certification, the air traffic control specialist medical qualification policy, the application of that policy in medical decision making, the medical appeals process, and the oversight of aviation industry drug and alcohol testing programs. Dr. Northrup oversees the FAA's aeromedical education programs, the planning and conduct of aerospace medical and human factors research, and the investigation of aircraft accident medical factors.

Professional Knowledge and Experience

A private pilot, Dr. Northrup is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel. She is board certified in aerospace medicine and in occupational medicine. She is an acknowledged expert in aviation. She has authored several scientific papers on accident investigation, the use of sleep aids by pilots, cabin air quality, and bioterrorism. While serving in the Air Force, she was the U.S. Head of Delegation to NATO's aeromedical working group.

Education, Certification and Awards

Dr. Northrup is a senior FAA aviation medical examiner. In 1985, Dr. Northrup earned a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry with Honors in Liberal Arts from The Ohio State University. She earned a medical degree, also from Ohio State, in 1989. She was awarded a Master's degree in Public Health from the University of Texas in 1994.

Professional Associations

Dr. Northrup is a past President of the American Society of Aerospace Medicine Specialists and the Civil Aviation Medical Association. She also was vice-president for the Aerospace Medicine Association. Dr. Northrup spent nine years (2007-2016) as a trustee for the American Board of Preventive Medicine. She is on the adjunct faculty for the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine and is a Fellow of the Aerospace Medicine Association.

Category I/II/III ILS Information

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The following documents are continually revised and contain multiple sections, to simplify presentation of material. These status lists are available for aviation users in order to denote qualified U.S. airports and runways for Category I (CAT I), Category II (CAT II) and Category III (CAT III) Instrument Landing System (ILS) operations. The lists also contain information for foreign CAT II and CAT III airports and runways approved for U.S. air carriers.

The Restricted U.S. facility list and foreign CAT 2-3 airport list still "require prior Flight Technologies and Procedures Division’s approval" and must be listed on this website before U.S. air carriers can be authorized the operation. Once listed, and upon completion of autoland demonstrations as described in AC 120-118, Principal Operations Inspectors may approve their operator via Operations Specifications, Management Specifications, or Letter of Authorization.

• Restricted U.S. Facilities Approved for Category II / III Operations(MS Excel) (Requires prior Flight Technologies Division’s approval)

SACAT I/II and CAT II/III Checklists - Order 8400.13

Order 8400.13F contains the ground equipment requirements for Special Authorization CAT I (SACAT I) approaches, Special Authorization CAT II (SACAT II), and Standard CAT II/III approaches. SACAT II and standard CAT II/III checklists must be completed and submitted to the responsible Flight Standards office to authorize a new SACAT II or standard CAT II/III procedure at any runway. SACAT I procedures require Flight Operations Group and the responsible Flight Standards office agreement, and should be submitted to the appropriate flight procedures office.

SACAT I requires the use of HUD to DH, and is authorized via selectable text in OpSpec/MSpec/LOA C052 (LOA C060 for part 91 operators). SACAT II requires the use of autoland or HUD to touchdown, and is authorized via selectable text in OpSpec/MSpec/LOA C060. CAT II operations are authorized by OpSpec/MSpec/LOA C060, and standard CAT III operations are authorized via OpSpec/MSpec/LOA C060. Direct all inquiries to the Flight Operations Group at (202) 267-8795.

• Special Authorization CAT I Checklists:
  • Flight Standards SACAT I Checklist(MS Word)
  • Flight Inspection Checklist(MS Word)
  • BothSACAT I Checklists(Zip)
• Special Authorization CAT II Checklists:
  • Flight Standards SACAT II Checklist(MS Word)
  • Technical Operations SACAT II Checklist(MS Word)
  • Terminal Services SACAT II Checklist(MS Word)
  • Airports Division SACAT II Checklist(MS Word)
  • Flight Inspection Checklist(MS Word)
  • All of the above SACAT II Checklists(Zip)
• Standard CAT II/III Checklists
  • Flight Standards CAT II/III Checklist(MS Word)
  • Technical Operations CAT II/III Checklist(MS Word)
  • Terminal Services CAT II/III Checklist(MS Word)
  • Airports Division CAT II/III Checklist(MS Word)
  • Flight Inspection Checklist(MS Word)
  • All of the above CAT II/III Checklists(Zip)

Registry Services and Information Management Branch

Responsibilities

The Registry Services and Information Management Branch is a mission support group whose responsibilities include:

• Registry Information Technology program and project oversight
• Aircraft and Airmen Service strategy and unification
• Aircraft and Airmen Service point of contact to the public and government organizations
• Registry Information Ownership/Stewardship

Office of Foundational Business

Civil Aviation Registry Division

The Civil Aviation Registry is responsible for developing, maintaining, and operating national programs for the registration of United States civil aircraft and certification of airmen.

Civil Aviation Registry Branches

• Aircraft Registration Branch
  • Aircraft Registration
  • Responsibilities
• Airmen Certification Branch
  • Airmen Certification
  • Responsibilities
• Registry Services and Information Management Branch
  • Responsibilities

If assistance is needed with small Unmanned Aircraft (UAS) registration, email UAShelp@faa.gov or call 844-FLY-MY-UA (844-359-6982).

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