FAA Order 8100.8 explained
FAA Order 8100.8, Designee Management Handbook, establishes "policy and procedures for the selection,[2] appointment, orientation, training, oversight, renewal tracking, and termination of certain representatives of the Administrator" of the Federal Aviation Administration.[3] In particular, it is a resource for individuals interested in becoming a Designated Engineering Representative (DER).[4]
DERs are not employees of the FAA. FAA employees must resign from the FAA before obtaining DER certification.[5]
Subject to FAA Notice 8000.372 Manufacturing Designee Management System Implementation (2014), all Designated Airworthiness Representatives for Manufacturing (DAR-Fs) and Designated Manufacturing Inspection Representatives (DMIRs) are subject to the policy in FAA Order 8000.95, Designee Management Policy. Order 8100.8 is no longer applicable to these two designations.[6] [7] [8]
FAA Order 8100.8 Revision D cancels FAA Order 8130.33C, Designated Airworthiness Representatives: Amateur-built and Light-Sport Aircraft Certification Functions, by adding a section to provide guidance and policy for selection and appointment of DARs to the functions of light-sport aircraft airworthiness certification.
See also
- FAA Order 8110.37, Designated Engineering Representative (DER) Handbook, working procedures for DERs and FAA engineering field office staff
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: FAA Order 8100.8 . Date Issued November 20, 1998.
- Kennedy Jones, petitioner v. United States of America, et al. . 10-1330 . F.3d . 401 . . 2007 . https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/osg/briefs/2010/01/01/2010-1330.resp.pdf . [As the case concerned discrimination in employment, the court focused on the selection aspect of 8100.8:] Designees are selected from among qualified applicants by the Manager of the Aircraft Certification Office, 14 C.F.R. 183.11(c)(1), pursuant to procedures and criteria spelled out in FAA Order 8100.8C. DER applicants must submit an application package demonstrating that they are qualified for the position, including that they meet four sets of appointment criteria: "regulatory" criteria, "technical" criteria, "interface" criteria (including the requirement of "integrity, professionalism, and sound judgment"), and "standardization" criteria. FAA Order 8100.8C ยง 401, Tbls. 4-1 through 4-4. .
- Web site: FAA Order 8100.8D .
- Web site: FAA . Become a DER .
- Jones v. U.S.A. . And if a current FAA employee wishes to become a designee, he must resign from the FAA. .
- Protect an Endangered Species: the FAA Designee; FAA Designee Management Policy is Open For Comment. The Update Report . Aviation Suppliers Association. 22. 5. December 23, 2014. This guidance document provides a wide variety of guidance on how to manage FAA designees and will be phased in incrementally. FAA Notice 8000.372 directs all AIR manufacturing personnel who oversee designees to stop using Order 8100.8 and begin using Order 8000.95 on a schedule. The schedule reflects the implementation of the Designee Management System (DMS) in those offices.
Under that schedule, all MIDOs with designee management responsibilities should have transitioned to Order 8000.95 during the summer (of 2014). So Order 8000.95 will have supplanted 8100.8 for [Manufacturing Inspection District Offices] MIDOs (but not necessarily for ACOs and FSDOs). This means that DMIRs and DAR-Fs have transitioned. But DERs should still be under 8100.8 until they are formally transitioned (at which time they will fall under the instructions of 8000.95). [emphasis added].
- Web site: FAA Notice 8000.372, Manufacturing Designee Management System Implementation . 2014 .
- Web site: FAA . Become a DMIR or DAR-F .
