“What’s happened to this important initiative
over the past two years? While the rule is
highly technical, and we believe the FAA has
worked diligently to develop a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for public
consideration, they and other federal
departments and offices have failed to get this
NPRM through the bureaucratic process; this
will, in turn, delay issuance of a final rule.
"It is very disappointing that they have not
found ways to comply with the law of the land,
despite repeated requests by, and assistance
from, industry to do so. By comparison, European
regulators have found a collaborative way to
work with industry on moving a rule forward, and
now stand ready to issue their rule before the
U.S.—despite the fact that the vast majority of
the world's general aviation aircraft fly in
U.S. airspace.
“At a time when Americans are increasingly
frustrated by their government and its lack of
responsiveness and accountability, the absence
of action on the Small Airplane Revitalization
Act serves as yet another example of
bureaucratic paralysis. In the interests of
general aviation safety and innovation, it is
the strong desire of the entire general aviation
community for the Administration to rapidly
place priority on an effort to publish the NPRM
by the end of this year."
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