Establishment of Organization Designation Authorization Procedures

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) is an international trade association headquartered in Washington, DC representing over 50 of the world's leading manufacturers of general aviation aircraft, engines, avionics and related equipment. GAMA's members also operate fleets of aircraft, fixed based operations at many airports, certificated repair stations, and pilot training and maintenance training facilities. GAMA has reviewed Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) 03-13 published in the Federal Register (69FR2970) on January 21, 2004 and strongly supports the Establishment of Organization Designation Authorization Procedures. On behalf of our member companies, GAMA welcomes FAA¿s proposal to expand the approval functions of organizational designees; standardize these functions to increase efficiency; and expand eligibility for organizational designees. The Organization Designation Authorization program (ODA) will improve the safety and the quality and the effectiveness of FAA¿s oversight system. GAMA respectfully requests FAA¿s consideration of the attached comments regarding the proposed rule to establish Organizational Designation Authorization procedures and the corresponding draft Order 8100.ODA.