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UNITED STATES
News & Regulatory Updates
Integration of Powered-Lift: Pilot
Certification and Operations;
Miscellaneous Amendments Related
to Rotorcraft and Airplanes
The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing
a special federal aviation regulation for alternate
eligibility requirements to safely certificate initial
groups of powered-lift pilots, as well as determine
which operating rules apply to powered-lift on
a temporary basis to enable the agency to gather
additional information and determine the most
appropriate permanent rulemaking path for these
aircraft. Powered-lift will be type certificated as special
class aircraft under the existing regulations.
For purposes of maintenance, preventive
maintenance, rebuilding and alteration, the FAA
proposes to apply the current requirements under
Part 43, with only two modifications. First, the
FAA proposes to apply the preventive maintenance
requirements available to certificate holders operating
rotorcraft under Part 135 in remote areas and to
certificate holders operating powered-lift under Part
135 in remote areas. If approved by the administrator,
a certificate holder operating powered-lift under
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Part 135 would be permitted to allow a pilot who
has completed training to perform certain specific
preventive maintenance items. Second, the FAA
proposes that in lieu of complying with § 43.15(b),
each person performing an inspection required by
Part 91 on a powered-lift must inspect ''critical
parts'' in accordance with the maintenance manual
or instruction for continuous airworthiness, or as
otherwise approved by the administrator. The FAA
proposes that ''critical part'' have the same meaning
as provided in §§ 27.602 and 29.602.
The NPRM can be found at bit.ly/46JlGXA.
Comments must be received on or before Aug. 14,
2023.
FAA introduces SMS voluntary
program standard
The FAA has amended FAA Order 8900.1 Volume
17 Safety Management System by introducing Section
2 Safety Management System Voluntary Program
Standard to Chapter 2 Voluntary Programs.
The SMS voluntary program standard, when properly
applied, is the basis for formal FAA recognition of a
certificate holder's safety management system. The
SMSVP standard, while resembling Title 14 of the Code
of Federal Regulations Part 5, is a separate document
used by the Flight Standards Service SMS Program
Office to evaluate a certificate holder's SMS.
The revised policy can be found at https://drs.faa.gov. q

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