Airport Improvement Program Handbook Survey

The FAA is in the process of revising FAA Order 5100.38C, Airport Improvement Handbook (the FAA AIP Handbook). ACI-NA has prepared the following survey regarding your experiences with the AIP Handbook to help focus the FAA’s revisions on topics that are of interest to airport operators.

We would appreciate it if you could complete the brief electronic survey below. Please feel free to forward the link to the survey on to other individuals at your airport if you feel they are better positioned to respond to the questions below.

We will be accepting responses to this survey until June 25, 2010.

Your opinion matters. ACI-NA will provide the aggregate results of the survey to the FAA for their consideration as they revise the AIP Handbook. Survey participants will also get a summary of survey results.

Please don’t miss this opportunity to make your voice heard as the FAA updates this important document.

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1. Please rate how familiar you are with the FAA AIP Handbook.

Unfamiliar

Somewhat familiar

Familiar

Very familiar

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2. Please rate how frequently you refer to FAA AIP Handbook.

Not Ever

Rarely

Occasionally

Frequently

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3. Please rate how frequently you use each source for guidance regarding the AIP and related topics (e.g., PFCs, project eligibility).

	Not Ever	Rarely	Occasionally	Frequently
Airport staff	Airport staff Not Ever	Airport staff Rarely	Airport staff Occasionally	Airport staff Frequently
Local FAA staff (Airports District Office or Regional Office)	Local FAA staff (Airports District Office or Regional Office) Not Ever	Local FAA staff (Airports District Office or Regional Office) Rarely	Local FAA staff (Airports District Office or Regional Office) Occasionally	Local FAA staff (Airports District Office or Regional Office) Frequently
FAA Headquarters staff	FAA Headquarters staff Not Ever	FAA Headquarters staff Rarely	FAA Headquarters staff Occasionally	FAA Headquarters staff Frequently
FAA publications (e.g., AIP Handbook, Program Guidance Letters)	FAA publications (e.g., AIP Handbook, Program Guidance Letters) Not Ever	FAA publications (e.g., AIP Handbook, Program Guidance Letters) Rarely	FAA publications (e.g., AIP Handbook, Program Guidance Letters) Occasionally	FAA publications (e.g., AIP Handbook, Program Guidance Letters) Frequently
Airport consultants	Airport consultants Not Ever	Airport consultants Rarely	Airport consultants Occasionally	Airport consultants Frequently
Trade associations including ACI-NA	Trade associations including ACI-NA Not Ever	Trade associations including ACI-NA Rarely	Trade associations including ACI-NA Occasionally	Trade associations including ACI-NA Frequently
Other	Other Not Ever	Other Rarely	Other Occasionally	Other Frequently

If Other, please describe

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4. Please rate the effectiveness of the FAA AIP Handbook in providing guidance regarding the following topics:

	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent	No Opinion
Definition of key program terms	Definition of key program terms Poor	Definition of key program terms Fair	Definition of key program terms Good	Definition of key program terms Excellent	Definition of key program terms No Opinion
Program structure and funding sources	Program structure and funding sources Poor	Program structure and funding sources Fair	Program structure and funding sources Good	Program structure and funding sources Excellent	Program structure and funding sources No Opinion
Project eligibility criteria	Project eligibility criteria Poor	Project eligibility criteria Fair	Project eligibility criteria Good	Project eligibility criteria Excellent	Project eligibility criteria No Opinion
Project prioritization	Project prioritization Poor	Project prioritization Fair	Project prioritization Good	Project prioritization Excellent	Project prioritization No Opinion
Project procurement/contracting requirements	Project procurement/contracting requirements Poor	Project procurement/contracting requirements Fair	Project procurement/contracting requirements Good	Project procurement/contracting requirements Excellent	Project procurement/contracting requirements No Opinion
Project delivery methods	Project delivery methods Poor	Project delivery methods Fair	Project delivery methods Good	Project delivery methods Excellent	Project delivery methods No Opinion
Grant assurances/commitments	Grant assurances/commitments Poor	Grant assurances/commitments Fair	Grant assurances/commitments Good	Grant assurances/commitments Excellent	Grant assurances/commitments No Opinion
Project reporting/close-out requirements	Project reporting/close-out requirements Poor	Project reporting/close-out requirements Fair	Project reporting/close-out requirements Good	Project reporting/close-out requirements Excellent	Project reporting/close-out requirements No Opinion

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5. Please describe any areas where you think the FAA’s guidance regarding the AIP Handbook can be improved.

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6. Please list any additional topics that you would like to see incorporated into the AIP Handbook.

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7. Please provide contact information. This information will be used only to categorize responses; your individual responses will be kept completely confidential.

Name:

Airport/Organization

Email Address:

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8. Would you be interested to participating in follow-up discussions with ACI NA staff regarding the AIP Handbook?

Yes

Thank you very much for your time. Please contact Chris Oswald (coswald@aci-na.org) if you have any questions about the survey.