Attachtment A AVS Functions.pdf

Attachment A

Aviation Safety (AVS) Organizations and Locations

The FAA’s Aviation Safety (AVS) line of business is led by an Associate Administrator

(AVS-1), Deputy Associate Administrator (AVS-2) and an executive staff (18 specialists and assistants). The executives and staff are located in the FAA Headquarters, 800

Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. The AVS mission is executed by the following Executive Director-led organizations. The FAA and AVS use nine regional offices to fulfill their complex mission.

Note that the offices listed in Attachment A are subject to change, as offices close and new offices open as AVS operations warrant. Also, the Aircraft Certification Service and the Flight Standards Services are reorganizing to adapt to FAA’s Compliance Philosophy and to emphasize functions over geographical location. In addition, AVS has remotely sited employees who support the work of an office. These are not considered separate sites.

1. OFFICE of QUALITY, INTEGRATION, and EXECUTIVE

SERVICES (AQS)

Number of Employees: Approximately 60; Washington DC and all regions. The

Office of Quality, Integration and Executive Services has the Office of the Executive

Director and four divisions: Quality, Integration and Process (AQS-100), which oversees the AVS Quality Management System and the system-level processes; Planning and

Performance (AQS-300); Finance and Budget (AQS-400); and Management and Business

Services (AQS-500).

AQS provides executive oversight and direction of consolidated management support services for all of AVS. AQS manages all phases of administrative activities for the Office of the Associate Administrator. Its functions include:

Approving, overseeing, and facilitating integration initiatives among the AVS

Services and Offices.

Overseeing the AVS Quality Management System.

Providing budget and labor distribution reporting management.

Providing planning and administrative management.

2. AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION SERVICE (AIR)

Number of Employees: Approximately 1,300 distributed national and internationally.

The Aircraft Certification Service (AIR) is a business unit within the Office of

Aviation Safety (AVS) line of business of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

The Office of the Director (AIR-1) manages AIR, an organization that shares responsibility for the design and production approval, airworthiness certification, and continued airworthiness programs of all U.S. civil aviation products. AIR carries out its mission through the following offices:

Alternative Fuels Program (AIR-20): Burlington, Massachusetts

Organizational Performance Division (AIR-300): Burlington, Massachusetts

International Division (AIR-400): Washington, D.C.

Policy and Innovation Division (AIR-600): Washington, D.C.

Compliance and Airworthiness Division (AIR-700): Forth Worth, Texas

Systems Oversight Division (AIR-800): Renton, Washington

Enterprise Operations Division (AIR-900): Washington, D.C.

AIR develops and administers safety standards governing the design, production, and airworthiness of civil aeronautical products. The following responsibilities support their mission:

Setting safety standards governing the design, production, and airworthiness of civil aeronautical products.

Overseeing design, production, and airworthiness certification programs to ensure compliance with prescribed safety standards.

Establishing and maintaining a safety performance management system for continued operational safety of aircraft, and managing safety standards governing the design, production, and airworthiness of civil aeronautical products.

Providing oversight of approval holders, designees, and delegated organizations.

Working with aviation authorities, manufacturers, and other stakeholders to help them improve safety in the international air transportation system.

3. OFFICE of RULEMAKING (ARM)

Number of Employees: Approximately 40; all based in Washington, D.C.

Headquarters. The Office of Rulemaking (ARM) has two divisions: Airmen and Airspace

Rules (ARM-100) and Aircraft and Airport Rules (ARM-200).

ARM manages the agency’s rulemaking program, processes and timelines through:

Developing proposed and final rules, and managing responses to petitions for rulemaking.

Managing responses to petitions for exemption from regulatory requirements.

Overseeing rulemaking advisory committees that provide advice and recommendations on aviation-related issues.

Building, supporting, and coordinating FAA cross-organizational strategies for aviation regulations.

Coordinating with international partners.

4. FLIGHT STANDARDS SERVICE (FS)

Number of Employees: Approximately 5,250 distributed nationally and internationally.

The Flight Standards Service (FS) carries out its mission through four main offices: Air

Carrier Safety Assurance (AFC); General Aviation Safety Assurance (AFG); Safety

Standards (AFS); and Foundational Business (AFB). These offices are comprised of numerous divisions.

FS promotes safety in air transportation by setting the standards for certification and oversight of airmen, air operators, air agencies, and designees as well as safety of flight of civil aircraft in air commerce by:

Setting regulations and standards that consider the air carriers’ duty operate in the public interest at the highest possible degree of safety.

Setting regulations and standards for other air commerce, air agencies, and airmen at the appropriate level of safety in the public interest.

Accomplishing certification, inspections, surveillance, investigation, and enforcement activities.

Managing the system for registry of civil aircraft and all official airmen records.

5. OFFICE of AEROSPACE MEDICINE (AAM)

Number of Employees: Approximately 480 in the following offices:

Washington, D.C. Headquarters

The Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI) in Oklahoma City

Three (3) Compliance and Enforcement Centers

One (1) Industry Drug and Alcohol Program

Nine (9) Regional Aerospace Medicine Divisions

Four (4) Medical Field Offices (MFOs)

The Office of Aerospace Medicine (AAM) is responsible for a broad range of medical programs and services for both the domestic and international aviation communities and provides global leadership for aerospace medicine in the twenty-first century. It has the following responsibilities:

Enabling medical certification of airmen.

Providing airmen medical education and training.

Inspecting and overseeing aviation industry drug and alcohol testing programs.

Implementing medical standards and regulations.

Providing medical clearance of Air Traffic Control Specialists.

Providing drug and alcohol testing of FAA employees with safety-sensitive jobs and jobs that require security clearances.

Providing support for aerospace medicine and human factors research.

Drafting and distributing the Federal Air Surgeon Bulletin.

6. AIR TRAFFIC OVERSIGHT SERVICE (AOV)

Number of Employees: Approximately 130; Washington, D.C. Headquarters and selected regions. The Air Traffic Safety Oversight Service (AOV) has two divisions:

Air Traffic Safety Standards Oversight (AOV-100) and Air Traffic Safety Operations

Oversight (AOV-200).

AOV is responsible for ensuring compliance of the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization

(ATO) with safety standards and with its Safety Management System (SMS). AOV’s oversight of the ATO follows a systems safety approach for continued operational safety, SMS standards, and credentialing. Its responsibilities include:

Providing safety oversight of the ATO.

Approving the ATO SMS and monitoring the ATO for compliance with the approved SMS.

Reviewing and approving the ATO’s safety implementation actions and risk management strategies.

Maintaining the credentialing program for ATO operational personnel.

Performing safety audits of ATO operations and system processes.

7. OFFICE OF AVIATION INVESTIGATION AND PREVENTION (AVP)

Number of Employees: Approximately 75; Washington D.C. Headquarters. The Office of Aviation Investigation and Prevention (AVP) has four divisions: Accident Investigation

(AVP-100); Safety Analytical Services (AVP-200); Safety Management and Research

Planning (AVP-300); and Management Services and Recommendations (AVP-400).

AVP’s overall mission is to make air travel safer through accident and incident investigation, data collection, risk analysis, and information sharing. Its responsibilities include:

Investigating major or significant accidents and incidents to identify safety deficiencies and unsafe conditions and trends and to recommend policy.

Addressing National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and internal FAA safety recommendations.

Directing Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS) initiative, conducting data analyses, and creating an environment to share data with government and industry to enhance safety.

Facilitating the Administrator’s Risk-Based Decision Making (RBDM) initiative.

Overseeing the AVS Research and Development Portfolio.

Coordinating the collaborative efforts of the government and industry safety teams, which include the Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST) and the General Aviation Joint Steering Committee (GAJSC).

8. UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS INTEGRATION OFFICE (AUS)

Number of Employees: Approximately 65; Washington, D.C. Headquarters. The

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office (AUS) has four divisions: Business and

Planning (AUS-100); International (AUS-200); Research (AUS-300); and Safety and

Integration (AUS-400).

AUS is responsible for facilitating the safe, efficient, and timely integration of Unmanned

Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS). Its responsibilities include:

Managing and coordinating international activities for UAS within AVS, with other

FAA LOB, and Services and Offices.

Ensuring alignment of UAS international activities with U.S. and FAA strategy and collaborating with foreign civil aviation authorities to improve global aviation safety.

Strategic planning and direct support of continued UAS Research and Development (R&D).

Managing projects and data for all UAS programs and activities.

Supporting standards and policy development related to UAS and providing engineering resources to support UAS projects.

Coordinating operational aspects of safe and timely integration of UAS into the

NAS.