Document ID: FAA-2012-0713-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Recommendations from Airman Testing Standards and Training Aviation Rulemaking Committee
Posted Date: 2012-07-03T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 39561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16298]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Recommendations from Airman Testing Standards and Training 
Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC)

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of report availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of a report from the 
ARC, which presents recommendations to enhance the content, process, 
and methodology for development of aeronautical knowledge testing and 
training materials.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Van L. Kerns, Manager, Regulatory 
Support Division, FAA Flight Standards Service, AFS 600, FAA Mike 
Monroney Aeronautical Center, P.O. Box 25082, Oklahoma City, OK 73125; 
telephone (405) 954-4431, email van.l.kerns@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On September 21, 2011, the FAA chartered the ARC to provide a forum 
for the U.S. aviation community to share its experience and expertise 
in the areas of aeronautical knowledge required for safer operation in 
today's National Airspace System (NAS).
    The FAA's charge to the ARC was to help ensure that technical 
information related to airman knowledge tests, computer testing 
supplements, knowledge test guides, and training handbooks incorporates 
the most current and relevant standards, policies, procedures, and 
techniques. The FAA specifically tasked the ARC with providing 
recommendations on the content of these materials, a process for 
stakeholder participation, and appropriate methodologies for developing 
test item bank questions. The FAA also requested the ARC's 
recommendations on prioritizing the enhancement of these materials.

Notice of Availability

    The ARC submitted its report to FAA on April 13, 2012. The report 
is now available for review and download from the FAA Web site at: 
http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/draft_docs/arc.

    Issued in Washington, DC on June 12, 2012.
Melvin O. Cintron,
Acting, Director, Flight Standards, AFS-1.
[FR Doc. 2012-16298 Filed 7-2-12; 8:45 am]
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