The Final Report of the Certification Steering Committee 
addresses the status of the 15 recommendations of the 
Certification Task Force, formed in 1998 at the request of the 
FAA Administrator.  Over 200 members of the international 
aviation community participated in the Task Force to produce 
broad gauged recommendations for issues that were seen to 
introduce inefficiencies into the certification process. The 15 
Task Force recommendatons address the following topical 
areas:1. Organizational Focal Point in FAAA
 2. Systems 
Engineering Capability
  3. Multi-tiered Airworthiness 
Requirements
 4. Human Performance Considerations
 5. 
Agreement or Regulator/Applicant Roles
 6. Standardize 
Designee Programs
 7. Early Deployment of Advanced 
Systems
 8. Instrument Approach Procedures to Exploit 
Current Capabilities
 9. Commonly Agreed Concept of Ops 

10. Eliminate Duplicate Committees
 11. Correct 
Misapplication of Rules
 12. Certification Process 
Improvements
 13. New Rule Harmonization
 14. Publicize 
how Rules have been applied
 15. A “No Fear” Feedback 
Process RTCA formed the Certification Steering and Select 
Committees in response to the FAA’s request for a follow-on 
effort. The Steering Committee and its supporting Select 
Committee reviewed the 15 Task Force recommendations and 
documented FAA initiatives already underway for implementing 
certain Task Force recommendations and provided proposals for 
implementing those recommendations not yet addressed.  Each 
Task Force recommendation is cited and the action taken to 
respond to the recommendation is discussed.