Regulations and Government
Under Continued Scrutiny, FAA Moves To Improve Cert
The FAA is moving forward on certification improvement efforts, including an ODA oversight office and the hiring of new technical staff.

The FAA is realigning its budget plans to implement a multi-part plan to improve its certification activities, agency Administrator Stephen Dickson told the Senate Commerce Committee yesterday. Dickson outlined a number of the efforts included in that plan, including the recent creation of an Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) office and the hiring of “specialized skilled” employees such as human factors experts and software engineers.