[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 6]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR821.1]

[Page 178-179]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                              SAFETY BOARD
 
PART 821--RULES OF PRACTICE IN AIR SAFETY PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 821.1  Definitions.


    (a) As used in this part:
    Administrator means the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA);
    Airman certificate means any certificate issued by the FAA to an 
airman, and shall include medical certificates required for airmen;
    Appeal from an initial decision means a request to the Board to 
review a law judge's decision;
    Appeal to the Board means a request to the Board for the review by a 
law judge of an order of the Administrator;
    Appealable order means an order of a law judge that has the effect 
of terminating the proceeding, such as one granting a motion to dismiss 
in lieu of an answer, as provided in Sec. 821.17, or one granting a 
motion for judgment on the pleadings or summary judgment. Appealable 
order does not include an order granting in part a motion to dismiss and 
requiring an answer to any remaining allegation or allegations, an order 
granting in part judgment on the pleadings or summary judgment, or a 
ruling on an interlocutory matter;
    Board means the National Transportation Safety Board;
    Case Manager means the officer of the Board's Office of 
Administrative Law Judges responsible for the processing of cases within 
that office;
    Certificate means any certificate issued by the Administrator under 
49 U.S.C. Chapter 447;
    Chief Law Judge means the administrative law judge in charge of the 
adjudicative function of the Board's Office of Administrative Law 
Judges;
    Complaint means an order of the Administrator, reissued for pleading 
purposes, from which an appeal to the Board has been taken pursuant to 
sections 49 U.S.C. 44106, 44709 or 46301;
    Emergency order means an order of the Administrator issued pursuant 
to 49 U.S.C. 44709, which recites that an emergency exists and that 
safety in air commerce or air transportation and the public interest 
require the immediate effectiveness of such order;
    Flight engineer means a person who holds a flight engineer 
certificate

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issued under Part 63 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations;
    Initial decision means the law judge's decision on the issue or 
issues remaining for disposition at the close of a hearing;
    Law judge means the administrative law judge assigned to hear and 
preside over the respective proceeding;
    Mechanic means a person who holds a mechanic certificate issued 
under Part 65 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations;
    Order means the document (sometimes also termed the complaint) by 
which the Administrator seeks to amend, modify, suspend or revoke a 
certificate, or impose a civil penalty;
    Petition for review means a petition filed pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 
44703 for review of the Administrator's denial of an application for 
issuance or renewal of an airman certificate;
    Petitioner means a person who has filed a petition for review;
    Pilot means a person who holds a pilot certificate issued under Part 
61 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations;
    Repairman means a person who holds a repairman certificate issued 
under Part 65 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations;
    Respondent means the holder of a certificate who has appealed to the 
Board from an order of the Administrator amending, modifying, suspending 
or revoking a certificate, or imposing a civil penalty.
    (b) Terms defined in 49 U.S.C. Chapters 11, 447 and 463 are used as 
so defined.