Notice2025-23770
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments; Clearance of a New Approval of Information Collection: Designated Pilot Examiners: Post Activity Survey
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Published
December 29, 2025
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for a new information collection. The collection includes a voluntary survey for pilots evaluated by private citizens who have been granted examination authority by the FAA.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 245 (Monday, December 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60852-60853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23770]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA-2025-5568]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments;
Clearance of a New Approval of Information Collection: Designated Pilot
Examiners: Post Activity Survey
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
invites public comments about our intention to request Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval for a new information collection.
The collection includes a voluntary survey for pilots evaluated by
private citizens who have been granted examination authority by the
FAA.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by February 27, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Please send written comments:
By Electronic Docket: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (Enter docket number into
search field).
By mail: Christopher Morris, Flight Standards Service, 800
Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20591.
By email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0f4c677d667c2142607d7d667c4f696e6e21686079"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e7a48f958e94c9aa8895958e94a7818686c9808891">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: AFG-970 Delegation and Resource Branch
by email at: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f8c1d5b9aeabd5b9bebfd5c1cfc8b89e9999d69f978e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6d54402c3b3e402c2b2a40545a5d2d0b0c0c430a021b">[email protected]</span></a>; phone: 405-954-6400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for FAA's performance; (b) the
accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (d)
ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of
the collected information. The agency will summarize and/or include
your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2120-XXXX.
Title: Designated Pilot Examiners: Post-Activity Survey.
Form Numbers: N/A.
Type of Review: This is a new information collection request.
Background: The FAA delegates pilot-examination authority to
qualified private citizens in accordance with section 183.23 of title
14, Code of Federal Regulations. In Section 833 of the FAA
Reauthorization Act of 2024, Congress mandated that the FAA enhance its
oversight of designated pilot examiners (DPEs) by, among other things,
``[d]eploying a survey system to track the performance and merit of
such examiners.'' Because such a survey will necessarily constitute a
time burden on pilots, the FAA is seeking OMB approval to collect
pilots' feedback through such a survey system.
The FAA will ask pilots to complete a survey following practical
examinations conducted by DPEs. The survey will consist of
approximately twelve yes-or-no questions regarding DPEs' level of
professionalism; the suitability of the exam environment; the content
of the exam; and the duration of the ground portion and the flight
portion of the exam. The FAA will use the information collected to
track the performance and merit of DPEs.
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Respondents: The FAA estimates that approximately 49,000 applicants
will complete the survey each year.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: Seven minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 343,000 minutes.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 19, 2025.
DC Morris,
Aviation Safety Analyst, Flight Standards Service, General Aviation and
Commercial Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-23770 Filed 12-23-25; 8:45 am]
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