The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has appointed Caitlin Locke as Associate Administrator for the FAA’s Aviation Safety Organization (AVS-1).

Locke’s new responsibilities include:

• Aircraft certification
• Production approval
• Continued airworthiness

She also oversees the certification of skilled aviation workforce members like:

• Mechanics
• Pilots
• Safety-related roles

Locke’s previous experience encompasses:

• Executive Director for Aircraft Certification Service (AIR)
• Director of AIR’s Compliance & Airworthiness Division
• FAA Acting Deputy Executive Director / Chief of Staff of Flight Standards
• FAA Deputy Executive Director of the Office of Rulemaking
• FAA Senior Technical Advisor in AVS