Appendix A: List of Recommendations Recommendations for Standards • Congress should mandate the FAA to create Federal UAS Safety Standards. • The FAA should charter an ARC and authorize it to identify processes whereby industry standards on safety and SMS become incorporated into Federal UAS Safety Standards. • The FAA should identify and promulgate a body of foundational safety standards and SMS for UAS through AC and SAFO processes. Recommendation for Education and Reference Resources • The FAA should organize the educational materials it is providing to industry according to testing, pilot certification, and Part 107 waiver submission needs. Recommendation for Commercial Sales of UAS Components • The FAA should mandate manufacturers of UAS aircraft and radio control transmitting systems inform the purchaser of regulatory requirements for registration, safe operations, and licensure at the time of purchase. Recommendation for Cost of Education Testing • To broaden adoption of safety culture and principals by the UAS community, the FAA should provide low cost or no cost basic testing through the Basic Part 107 RPC license proposed in this paper. Recommendation for Cost Recovery • Similar to recommendations in the GAO-20-136 report, the FAA should further review the recovery of UAS-related costs and establish criteria for future fee designs. Recommendations for Centers of Excellence • Congress should fund and the FAA should develop a national institute of UAS safety modeled after the National Highway Institute. • FAA should increase funding of ASSURE programs and prioritize expanding the body of foundational knowledge required by pilot and industry applicants to understand the application of safety culture and SMS. • FAA should fund ASSURE programs which develop Means of Compliance (MoC) that UAS operators may use, and the agency will accept for common Part 107 waiver operations. Recommendations for Unmanned Aircraft Safety Team (UAST) • The FAA Administrator should issue a Notice of Order which designates information provided to the UAST as protected from public disclosure. • The FAA Administrator should direct the Drone Advisory Committee (DAC) to identify specific data generated during UAS operations that can be aggregated and
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