Regulations and Government
FAA Shifts Foreign Procedure Oversight to Operators
Principal inspectors to contact operators by early September to reissue OpSpecs, MSpecs, or LOAs
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The FAA has transferred responsibility for reviewing foreign instrument procedures to operators with guidelines in a new advisory circular and revised authorizations affecting Part 91K, 121, 125, and 135 operations. Principal inspectors are expected to contact operators by September 3 to initiate the reissuance process.

As outlined in its notice, the FAA will remove foreign procedures and airports from OpSpec/MSpec/LOA templates C059, C060, and C384, and decommission C058, C358, and H107. Going forward, operators must evaluate the procedures themselves in accordance with Advisory Circular AC 120-105B, which provides guidance for assessing foreign terminal instrument procedures.