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The Federal Aviation Administration, under FAR183 has the authority to
designate private citizens, who have demonstrated ,by their experience
and skill, to act on the FAA's behalf in select functions such as:
AIRWORTHINESS and ENGINEERING. We in the industry have come to know
these persons as FAA-DARs and FAA-DERs. There are several thousand FAA
Designees who command a significant private sector resource which can
be utiliized to react quickly and professionally to meet the needs of
the growing commercial and "biz-av" population.
While the FAA publishes a periodic listing of these DARs and DERs via
Advisory Circular, often the list may not be right at hand when you
need on-site FAA help and may not include any new designees due to the
time it takes to publish and distribute these listings.
My recommendation is to contact your local or regional FAA office via
telephone or Email@ http://www.faa.gov to obtain a list of FAA
Designees in your area. 
You may be assured that the FAA remains tangibly close to the
activities of it's designees and a reporting structure exists between
the designee and his/her assigned FAA coordinator. Each activity is
well documented and is reported directly to the FAA on a frequent
basis.
While most FAA Designees like to boast the trust the FAA has placed in
them, often their project activity levels are relatively light from a
work volume standpoint. That is not to say that they are unable to be
of greater value to the aviation public but that many times the public
is unacquainted with the function of a FAA Designee and may be unaware
of this valuable resource or how to access it. 
I am a designee in both FAA Engineering and Airworthiness and I urge
you to call upon FAA Designees when ever the need arises for onsite
specialized FAA services.

Hugh McElroy 
FAA DER/DAR 
Consultant

Visit Designee Services website at (http://www.pulsar.net/~jonas).
Email may be sent to (jonas4@ix.netcom.com)