1. Presented to: By: Date: Federal Aviation Administration DCIT 41 Plenary Mark Patterson, FAA, AFS-470 18 June 2015 Flight Standards Update

2. Federal Aviation Administration N8900.297 & A056 templates Tentative publish date – 14 May Actual publish date – 7 May Compliance date – 11 June Schedule allows operators / inspectors: ~ 13 wks prior to SLC IOC ~ 17 wks prior to IAH IOC 2

3. Federal Aviation Administration A056 Snap Shot (as of 18 June 15) Part 121 (U.S. Air Carriers) 10/11 already with A056 have new template Varying fleets Part 91 (General Aviation) 232/467 already with A056 have new template Compliance date extended to 4 Sep 3

4. Federal Aviation Administration A056 Snap Shot (as of 18 June 15) Part 91K (fractional ownership) 1/1 – all fleets “No DCL auth” Part 135 (Commuter / on demand) 26/32 already with A056 have new template 4

5. Federal Aviation Administration Snapshot (as of 18 June 2015) DCIT operator A056 application status Opr A – waiting for Load 12 before adding B737 to A056 Opr B – POI waiting for application to add B737 to A056 Opr C – POI reviewing application for initial A056 5

6. Federal Aviation Administration AC 120-70C Currently reviewing final version Expected publish date – late JUNE 6

7. Federal Aviation Administration Part 129 (foreign carriers) AFS-50 (int’l) has lead Operators request authorization from POI / IFO Will not require a separate A056 OpSpec Authorization annotated on their A003 Operators required to have CAA data link approval / authorization prior to FAA authorization 7

8. Federal Aviation Administration Part 129 (foreign carrier) actions Provide responsible IFO with evidence State of the Operator approved them for data comm ops Approval includes: A statement from the State of the Operator’s CAA showing: –the foreign air carrier is approved for data link communication in accordance with XXXX (ex. ICAO GOLD) criteria –the aircraft and aircraft equipment are eligible and approved for data link communication –the flight crews are trained to conduct data link communication Approved data link system make and model (M/M) Each Aircraft M/M/S Procedures for using data link communication (flight deck user’s guide) Any other pertinent information (i.e. crew bulletin) 8

9. Federal Aviation Administration Part 129 (foreign carrier) actions (proposed) After POI and PAI agree they have CAA authorization and they are eligible for data link ops in the NAS Issue a revised A003 9

10. Federal Aviation Administration N8900.303 & A003 template 19 May - published 10

11. Federal Aviation Administration Information for Operators (InFO) InFO (Information for Operators) Prior to publishing, I need: ✓ Flight Deck User’s Guide finalized (ops system) –DCIT avionics configurations recommendations table –Lessons-learned document –Dispatch docs (ISD/CRD/SDB, end-to-end, etc) ?ACF 15-01 decision (charting options, airport pubs, etc) FAA websites - docs have to be 508 compliant 11

12. Federal Aviation Administration 12

13. Federal Aviation Administration Food for thought (as of 18 June 2015) Operators with FAA A056 = 517 Part 121 (U.S. Carriers) = 11 (varying fleets) DCIT participants = 5 Parts 91K / 125 / 125M / 135 = 39 Part 91 (A056 not needed for CPDLC-DCL) = 467 Applications currently being evaluated = 52 Part 129 (foreign carriers) = ?? 13