; or (ii) at least 10 years of management-level experience and knowledge of the aviation industry. (C) Limitation The Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety Technology shall not be a political appointee. (D) Removal The Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety Technology shall serve at the pleasure of the Administrator. (2) Responsibilities The Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety Technology shall have the following responsibilities: (A) Ensuring that Federal Aviation Administration organizations involved in the review and certification of aviation safety technologies, and the operation thereof, are engaging in workforce planning efforts to recruit and hire the required number of engineers, inspectors, and subject matter experts to process applications in a timely manner and oversee operations utilizing aviation safety technologies. (B) Collaborating with the Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety to coordinate the evaluation, certification, and operation of aviation safety technologies in the national airspace system. (C) Coordinating with the Chief Operating Officer of the Air Traffic Control System on the integration of aviation safety technologies into the national airspace system. (D) Identifying the core competencies that the Federal Aviation Administration engineer and inspector workforce need to oversee the safety, certification and operational approval of safety technologies. (E) Developing specific recommendations to the Office of the Secretary and the Administrator regarding gaps in the existing engineer and inspector workforce involved in the certification and operational approval of safety technology and the budgetary resources needed to fill the identified gaps. (F) Establishing a detailed process for Federal Aviation Administration coordination of major certification milestones related to safety technologies that defines a lead organization for review, identifies other organizations to be involved in review, and details how various Federal Aviation Administration organizations