The FAA in January issued a proposal to replace the current designee program for organizations with a new one that expands the functions that designees can perform, permits non-FAA-certified individuals and companies to become designees and rolls existing organizational designee categories into one, “organization designation authorization” (ODA). Individual designees, such as check airmen, airworthiness and engineering representatives, would not be affected by this proposal.
In addition, as the FAA transitions to the ODA program, the agency would phase out the delegation option authorization (DOA), designated alteration station authorization (DAS), Special FAR 36 authorization and the organizational designated airworthiness representative (ODAR). These designees would have three years from the effective date of the new rules to transition their credentials to qualify as an ODA.
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