[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 110 (Friday, June 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34423-34424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13513]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA-2013-0316]
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) Airman Testing
Standards and Training Working Group (ATSTWG)
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Availability; reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the reopening of the comment period on
the availability of draft Airman Certification Standards (ACS)
documents developed by the Airman Testing Standards and Training WG for
the private pilot certificate and the instrument rating. These
documents are available for public review, download, and comment.
DATES: The comment period for the notice published on April 24, 2013
(78 FR 24289) closed May 24, 2013, and is reopened until July 8, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2013-0316
using any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30; U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room
W12-140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket
Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at (202) 493-2251.
Privacy: The FAA will post all comments it receives, without
change, to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal
information the commenter provides. Using the search function of the
docket Web site, anyone can find and read the electronic form of all
comments received into any FAA dockets, including the name of the
individual sending the comment (or signing the comment for an
association, business, labor union, etc.). DOT's complete Privacy Act
Statement can be found in the Federal Register published on April 11,
2000 (65 FR 19477-19478), as well as at http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov.
Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at
http://www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions
for accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations in Room W12-140
of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Van L. Kerns, Manager, Regulatory
Support Division, FAA Flight Standards Service, AFS 600, FAA Mike
Monroney Aeronautical Center P.O. Box 25082 Oklahoma City, OK 73125;
telephone (405) 954-4431, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 24, 2013, the FAA established Docket No. FAA-2013-0316 for
the purpose of enabling the public to comment on some draft documents
developed by the Airman Testing Standards and Training Working Group.
The following documents were placed in that docket for public review
and comment:
(1) Background Information; Industry-Led Changes to FAA Airman
Testing Standards and Training
(2) Draft PRIVATE PILOT--AIRPLANE Airman Certification Standards;
(3) Draft Change Tracking Matrix referenced to FAA-S-8081-14B,
Private Pilot Practical Test Standards for Airplane (Single Engine Land
and Single-Engine Sea Areas of Operation); Section 1: Private Pilot
(4) Draft INSTRUMENT RATING--Airman Certification Standards; and
(5) Draft Change Tracking Matrix referenced to FAA-S-8081-4E,
Instrument Rating Practical Test Standards for Airplane, Helicopter,
and Powered Lift
During the initial 30-day comment period, which closed on May 24,
2013, more than 130 individuals and organizations posted comments on
these documents. The ATSTWG received a wide range of comments that
provided suggestions on how the ATSTWG could further improve its draft
PRIVATE PILOT--AIRPLANE and draft INSTRUMENT RATING Airman
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Certification Standards documents. Given the size and scope of the
documents, which align the aeronautical knowledge testing standards
with the flight proficiency standards set out in the existing Practical
Test Standards (PTS), several commenters requested additional time to
review the material and develop their response.
The ATSTWG's work is intended to improve the relevance,
reliability, validity, and effectiveness of the FAA's aeronautical
testing and training materials, as well as to support the FAA's goal of
reducing fatal general aviation accidents by incorporating task-
specific risk management considerations into each Area of Operation.
Because the ACS documents are intended to be the foundation for
transitioning to a more integrated and systematic approach to airman
certification testing and training, the ATSTWG wishes to benefit from
the broadest possible range of public comment on the work it will
submit to the FAA via the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee in
September 2013. The ATSTWG has asked the FAA to extend the public
comment period by an additional 30 days, and the FAA has accordingly
reopened the docket, as noted in the DATES section above.
The ATSTWG will continue its additional work on remaining
assignments, including development of the authorized instructor ACS
document. The ATSTWG expects to make the authorized instructor ACS
document available for public review and comment at a later date.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2013.
Lirio Liu,
Designated Federal Officer, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 2013-13513 Filed 6-6-13; 8:45 am]
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