“With advocacy, it seems there’s always some pressing need that you have to fight for!.we’ve established our priorities, and the first one is to get Mosaic finished! it’s important but we’re getting concerned because of all the changes at the FAA. If you look at the FAA org chart, you wouldn’t recognize anyone that’s in a leadership position, and the ones [you would], most of them are ’acting,’ which makes it even more difficult because it means they don’t have an agenda or priority system. But we want to make sure that Mosaic, which is an initiative to expand the category of Light Sport Aircraft and Sport Pilot privilege, and along with that, also to enhance the ability for Experimental Amateur-Built Aircraft to be used for commercial operations, like flight training, so you could finally get a low-cost flight trainer. The working team, the people from the FAA, are fantastic and have the language for the regulatory change almost ready. Now it’s a matter of getting it released so it becomes a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, when it then goes out for comment. We’ll be talking to the current acting FAA administrator about that this week. The prior administrator was very supportive and had it on his priority list. Now we’re kind of in a wait-and-see [position].”
On the”¦State of the FAA and What it Means to Us
Key Takeaways:
- The primary advocacy focus is on advancing the "Mosaic" initiative to expand Light Sport Aircraft categories and Sport Pilot privileges.
- Mosaic also seeks to permit Experimental Amateur-Built Aircraft for commercial operations, such as low-cost flight training.
- The initiative faces challenges due to significant leadership changes and numerous "acting" officials at the FAA, creating uncertainty and difficulty in prioritizing.
- Despite the regulatory language being nearly ready, the next step is to secure its release as a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for public comment.
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