JO 7110.65 — Air Traffic Control
JO 7110.65 1-1-9
REQUESTS FOR INTERPRETATIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS TO THIS ORDER
Requests from Air Traffic Services (AJT) field personnel must be submitted to the applicable Service Area Director of Air Traffic Operations, as follows: The request must be submitted in writing by an Air Traffic Manager to the District General Manager, who will forward the request in writing to the Service Area Director of Air Traffic Operations through the Operations Support Group (OSG).
The Service Area Director of Air Traffic Operations must review the submission to determine if an interpretation or a clarification is required. If more than one interpretation of the language can be inferred, the request for interpretation must be submitted in writing to the Director, Policy (AJV-P).
If it is determined a clarification of the language is required, the request is returned to the OSG. The OSG must provide a written clarification response to the requestor and forward a copy of the response to the Service Area Director of Air Traffic Operations and AJV-P.
Requests from System Operations Services (AJR) personnel must be submitted in writing through appropriate channels to the applicable Systems Operations Services Director. The receiving Systems Operations Services Director will review and, if deemed valid, submit the request to AJV-P for response.
Requests from all other FAA ATO service units, Lines of Business or Staff Offices must be submitted in writing through appropriate leadership channels to AJV-P.
Requests from DoD personnel must be submitted in writing to the respective Military Service Headquarters, via the appropriate chain of command. The Military Service Headquarters will review and, if deemed valid, submit the request to AJV-P.
All non‐FAA/DoD requests may be submitted directly to AJV-P.
All requests directed to AJV-P in accordance with subparagraphs a through e above must be sent to the AJV-P correspondence mailbox at: 9‐AJV‐P‐HQ‐Correspondence@faa.gov .
Published interpretations for this order may be accessed through the MyFAA employee website via: https://my.faa.gov/org/linebusiness/ato/missionsupport/air-traffic-control-interpretations .
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