Formal application letter + compliance statement (135 certification)
Formal application letter + compliance statement (135 certification)
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About this document
What it is
The formal application letter opens the formal application phase of Part 135 certification under 14 CFR 119.35 and lists the attachments that go with it, including your initial compliance statement.
Who needs it
Part 135 applicants whose pre-application statement is on file and who are ready to file the formal application.
What you get
- Formal application letter for your company to sign
- List of the formal application attachments
- Initial compliance statement and proving test sections
What's included
- Document in DOCX and PDF, prepared by a specialist from your answers and records
- Verification report: each applicable requirement in 14 CFR 119.35; 135 subpart A-H, the paragraph it comes from, and the result
- Review and sign-off by a named, qualified specialist before release
- Form / paragraph: letter (no form #)
- You provide: Compliance statement mapping every 119/135 rule to manual section; schedule of events; management resumes; manuals; aircraft docs; lease; financial/insurance; DOT economic auth (Part 298) evidence
- FAA action: The FAA accepts or rejects the formal application in writing
- How it's submitted: You submit it to your Flight Standards office with the formal application attachments
For airplanes and helicopters. Operators: 135.
See the format of our documents, shown as specimens for a fictitious operator.
Read the Formal application letter + compliance statement (135 certification) guide When you need it, what the FSDO checks and common reasons submissions are returned.
How it works
Answers and records
A short intake about your aircraft and operation, then the records we list for you. Tell us who holds them (your maintenance provider, DO or management company) and we request them directly, with a secure upload link, and follow up for you.
A specialist prepares everything
A named specialist prepares the complete package from your records, checks it against the published requirements, and sends you a proof. Questions go to one person who knows your file.
Flat fee, in two parts
One fixed price, shown before you pay anything. A 50% deposit starts the work; the balance is due only when you approve the finished documents.
Flat fee $1,800. You see your order total before you pay anything.
You confirm your order at its flat fee, then a 50% deposit starts the work. The remaining 50% is due only when you approve the finished documents. The deposit is refundable before work starts.
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