in the United States and for American airmen and aircraft  around the world. The AFS is headquartered in Washington,  D.C., and is broadly organized into divisions based on work  function (Air Transportation, Aircraft Maintenance, Flight  Technology, Training, Certification and Surveillance, a  Regulatory Support Division based in Oklahoma City, OK,  and a General Aviation and Commercial Division). Regional  Flight Standards division managers, one at each of the FAA’s  nine regional offices, coordinate AFS activities within their  respective regions. Each FSDO is staffed by Aviation Safety Inspectors (ASIs)  whose specialties include operations, maintenance, and  avionics. General Aviation ASIs are highly qualified and  experienced aviators. Once accepted for the position, an  inspector must satisfactorily complete indoctrination training  conducted at the FAA Academy that includes airman  evaluation and pilot testing techniques and procedures.  Thereafter, the inspector must complete recurrent training  on a regular basis. Among other duties, the FSDO inspector  is responsible for administering FAA practical tests for pilot  and flight instructor certificates and associated ratings. All  questions concerning pilot certification (and/or requests for  other aviation information or services) should be directed to  the FSDO having jurisdiction in the particular geographic  area. For specific FSDO locations and telephone numbers,  refer to www.faa.gov.  The interface between AFS and the aviation community/ general public is the local Flight Standards District Office  (FSDO). The approximately ninety FSDOs are strategically  located across the United States, each office having  jurisdiction over a specific geographic area.  [Figure 1-6]  The  individual FSDO is responsible for all air activity occurring  within its geographic boundaries. The individual FSDOs  are responsible for the certification and surveillance of air  carriers, air operators, flight schools/training centers, airmen  (pilots, flight instructors, mechanics and other certificate  holders). Additional duties that are tasked to FSDO inspectors  is accident investigation and enforcement actions. NOTE:  Accident investigation and enforcement actions are a smaller  part of a field inspectors job than surveillance and certification. Pilot and flight instructor certificates are issued by the  FAA upon satisfactory completion of required knowledge  and practical tests. The administration of these tests is an  FAA responsibility that the issuance of pilot and instructor  certificates can be carried out at the FSDO level. In order  to satisfy the public need for pilot testing and certification  services, the FAA delegates certain responsibilities, as  Role of the Pilot Examiner ALABAMA ARIZONA ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT DELAWARE FLORIDA GEORGIA IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MAINE MARYLAND MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN MINNESOTA MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA NEBRASKA NEVADA NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY NEW MEXICO NEW YORK NORTH CAROLINA NORTH DAKOTA OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON PENNSYLVANIA SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS UTAH VERMONT VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN WYOMING RHODE ISLAND HAWAII ALASKA PUERTO RICO ANM AGL ACE ASW AWP AAL ASO AEA ANE Figure 1-6. Flight Standards District Office locations across the United States. 1-6