Flight Standards District Office
A Flight Standards District Office, or FSDO for short (pronounced: fIz-dƏƱ), is a locally affiliated field office of the United States Federal Aviation Administration.[1] There are 78 such offices nationwide as of November 2015 physically located every state except four - Delaware, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. (Delaware served by Philadelphia[2])(Rhode Island served by Boston[3])(Vermont/New Hampshire served by Portland, ME[4]).
Purpose
The Flight Standards District Offices serve as local representatives of the United States Federal Aviation Administration. Each office reports to one of nine Regional FAA offices[5] and perform a variety of compliance and enforcement actions. Such items include:[6]
- Low-flying aircraft reporting
- Accident Reporting
- Air carrier certification and operations
- Aircraft maintenance
- Aircraft operational issues
- Aircraft permits
- Airmen certification (licensing) for pilots, mechanics, repairmen, dispatchers, and parachute riggers
- Certification and modification issues
- Enforcement of Airmen & Aircraft Regulations
References
- ↑ http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/
- ↑ http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/field_offices/fsdo/bal/local_more/media/serviceareaphl.pdf
- ↑ http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/field_offices/fsdo/bal/local_more/media/serviceareabos.pdf
- ↑ http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/field_offices/fsdo/bal/local_more/media/serviceareapwm.pdf
- ↑ http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/
- ↑ http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/field_offices/fsdo/
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