Airmen Certification System

Airmen certification is the process by which airmen, as defined by 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) 44703, submit applications to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to apply for airmen certificates. In support of this process, the FAA has developed two integrated systems to receive, manage, issue, and modify airmen certificates: the web-based Integrated Airman Certification and Rating Application (IACRA) and the Civil Aviation Registry (AVS Registry or Registry Modernization System (RMS). Both the IACRA and RMS programs are managed by the Flight Standards Service’s Office of Foundational Business, Airmen Certification Branch, AFB-720, in Aviation Safety (AVS). IACRA is the front-end system used by applicants to submit required documentation for certification and registration and serves as a temporary repository until the application information is accepted into the official airmen record maintained in the AVS Registry. The AVS Registry serves as the national repository for airmen certification records and provides the central services necessary for control of these records. The FAA is updating this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) in accordance with the E- Government Act of 2002, to reflect system changes and address the privacy risks associated with the Airmen Certification business processes and the systems used to support them. This PIA is limited to Airmen Certification processes, systems, and records. Those system changes include: 1) The governing SORN 847 DOT/FAA 847 “Aviation Records on Individuals”, 89 FR 48956 (June 10, 2024) was republished to cover only those records the FAA maintains for airmen certification and training. 2) AVS Registry is exchanging data with the United States Agent Service (USAS) Portal to assist in building up the USAS Portal database to search for airmen to determine whether the individual has a US agent on file.