Figure 8-1. Part 135 Certification Process Flowchart Preapplication Phase 1 Applicant:
• Submits the reapplication Statement of Intent (PASI) (FAA Form 8400-6).
Has key management and personnel available.
Makes application for Economic Authority (if required).
• Attends the preapplication meeting.
Gate 1 FAA:
Assigns a Certification Project Manager (CPM).
Assigns members to the Certification Project Team (CPT).
Conducts the reapplication meeting with the applicant and key management personnel.
Formal Application Phase 2 Applicant must submit the following:
• Formal application letter.
Initial compliance statement.
Schedule of Events (SOE).
Gate 2 Company manuals and training programs (as required).
Management qualification attachments (e.g., résumés).
Element Design Data Collection Tools (ED DCT) (if applicable).
Documentation for purchases, leases, and contracts.
Flight attendant (F/A) materials (if applicable).
Design Assessment Phase 3 Performance Applicant and FAA required actions:
Assessment Phase 4 • All manuals and other required documentation has been reviewed, accepted, or approved, as required.
• Training programs have been approved (as required).
Maintenance programs approved and aircraft conformity checks are completed.
Facilities evaluated and found satisfactory.
Crewmember and personnel training and testing has been completed.
Gate 3 Environmental Assessments (EA) are completed and accepted (as required).
Applicable economic authority has been complied with.
Proving and validation testing has been completed.
Final compliance statement is completed and accepted.
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Appendix A A-1 APPENDIX A. REFERENCE INFORMATION AND EXAMPLES A.1 Resources List.
1. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) website: https://www.faa.gov.
2. Flight Standards District Office (FS DO) contact information:
https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/field_offices/fsdo.
3. U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Aviation Policy w eb page:
https://www.transportation.gov/policy/aviation-policy/licensing/US-carriers.
4. FAA Air Transportation Division, Integration and Implementation Branch, Technical Programs Section website: https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_office s/avs/offices/afx/afs/afs200/afs260/exemptions.
5. Office of Aerospace Medicine (AAM), Drug Abatement Division:
https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/aam.
6. Pilot Records Database (PRD): https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/pilot_record s_database.
7. Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR): Aeronautics and Space:
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14.
8. Advisory Circulars (AC): https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/advisory_circulars.
A.2 Certification Information.
1. FAA Order 8900.1, Flight Standards Information Management System: https://drs.faa .gov/browse/ORDER_8900.1/doctypeDetails.
2. The Certification Process:
a. Title 14 CFR Part 121 Certification:
• Order 8900.1, Volume 2, Chapter 3, The Certification Process—Title 14 CFR Part 121.
• Part 121 Certification web page: https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/airl ine_certification/air_carrier.
b. Title 14 CFR Part 135 Certification:
• Order 8900.1, Volume 2, Chapter 4, The Certification Process—Title 14 CFR Part 135.
• Part 135 Certification web page:https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/airli ne_certification/135_certification.
3. Certification Services Oversight Process (CSOP): Order 8900.1, Volume 10, Chapter 12, Section 1, Safety Assurance System: Certification Services Oversight Process.
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4. Deviations or Exemptions:
• Order 8900.1, Volume 2, Chapter 4, Section 6, Single-Pilot, Single Pilot-in- Command, and Basic Part 135 Operations.
• Order 8900.1, Volume 3, Chapter 2, Section 1, Exemptions, Deviations, Waivers, and Authorizations.
5. Check Pilots: Order 8900.1, Volume 3, Chapter 20, Check Pilot, Check Flight Engineer, Instructor, and Supervisor Programs for 14 CFR Parts 121, 125, and 135 Certificate Holders.
6. Proving and Validation Testing: Order 8900.1, Volume 3, Chapter 29, Proving and Validation Tests.
7. Safety Assurance System (SAS):
• SAS External Portal Training: https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/multimedia/ SAS_External_Portal_for_CHAs/story.html.
• SAS External Portal Login Request: https://sas.faa.gov/sas.external.portal/.
• SAS External Portal Information Guide: https://www.faa.gov/sasdeployment/sasexternal-portal-information-guide.
• SAS Master List of Functions Chart: Order 8900.1, Volume 10, Chapter 1, Section 2, Table 10-1-2B, Master List of Functions.
• SAS Data Collection Tools (DCT) System or Subsystem Performance Assessment (SPA)/Element Performance Assessment (EPA)/Element Design Assessment (EDA): https://drs.faa.gov/browse/SAS_DCT/doctypeDetails.
A.3 Forms. FAA Form 8400-6, Preapplication Statement of Intent (PASI):
https://www.faa.gov/forms/index.cfm/go/document.information/documentID/1031190.
A.4 Formal Application Letter. The formal application letter does two things. First, it serves as a formal application for either an Air Carrier Certificate or an Operating Certificate, and secondly it serves as the vehicle to transmit the package of required documents. The formal application letter must, per Title 49 of the United States Code (49 U.S.C.)
§ 46103(c):
1. Contain the full and official name of the applicant.
2. Be signed by the owner, when applying as an individual or sole proprietorship; all partners, when applying as a partnership; or an authorized officer(s), when applying as an organization, such as a company of corporation.
3. Contain the physical location address of the applicant’s intended primary operating location. The applicant mailing address must be included in the formal application letter if different from its physical location address.
4. Include the full name and address of the applicant’s agent for service as required by 49 U.S.C. § 46103(c).
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5. Confirm the identity of key management personnel, such as the general manager, Director of Operations (DO), Director of Maintenance (DOM), Chief Pilot, and Chief Inspector, as applicable.
6. Include any anticipated request(s) for deviation from the qualification requirements of management personnel. It is essential, however, to make a request for the deviation and the justification for that deviation in a separate letter (see “Deviations or Exemptions” in paragraph A.2 above).
A.5 Compliance Statement Format Examples.
A.5.1 Format example of an applicant’s General Operations Manual (GOM) page and paragraph references contained in the compliance statement:
• Section 135.244, Operating Experience:
1. GOM page 217, paragraph 237;
2. GOM page 218, paragraph 238;
3. GOM page 219, paragraph 240; and
4. Pilot crewmembers must acquire operating experience as follows:
o GOM page 220, paragraph 241, Training Manual, page 25; and o GOM page 221, paragraph 242, Training Manual, page 26.
A.5.2 Format example of an applicant’s GOM page and paragraph reference that also contains explanatory text contained in the compliance statement:
• Section 135.65, Reporting Mechanical Irregularities.
• The GOM, page 37-5, paragraph 35, instructs the PIC on the requirements for, and methods of completing, the aircraft discrepancy log. The PIC is required to review the log before each flight and to ascertain the status of each previous entry.
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