Certainty for General Aviation Pilots Act of 2021
Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2021 3:48 pm
AOPA, EAA, and others are pushing for pilots to join and support an effort to create and pass the “ Certainty for General Aviation Pilots Act of 2021”.
These organizations are crying “Wolf” , in my opinion, but I think we should discuss the subject.
These orgs are making the argument that FAA is acting counter to its own mandate to improve flying safety with flight training by qualified instructors, and their argument is that a LODA (letter of deviation authority) required to provide instruction in some categories of aircraft such as warbird, experimental and primary category aircraft…is an erroneous regulatory over-reach. (“Primary” is an almost unused category and is not the “Standard” category most of us operate.)
This controversy arose out of a Florida operators’ selling “flight instruction” in Warbirds…. as a Ruse… the reality being that they were selling Rides in Warbirds under the disguise of calling it “flight instruction”….. the problem being that whether or not an instructor were truly qualified to provide safe and meaningful instruction in an aircraft which may or may not be maintained in the same manner as a rental aircraft should be maintained …. was being used as a way to work-around such legal niceties.
The crash of the B-17 “Nine-O-Nine” comes to my mind as an example of trusting people paying to ride in an airplane with was improperly maintained and flown by careless individuals, and while FAA regulatory opinion has sometimes been overly-enthusiastic and in error I believe EAA and AOPA are reacting with a kneejerk in an equally careless and misguided widespread solicitation of uninformed supporters.
That’s my initial thought… Conversations and opinions are welcomed…. please be courteous and respectful of others.
These organizations are crying “Wolf” , in my opinion, but I think we should discuss the subject.
These orgs are making the argument that FAA is acting counter to its own mandate to improve flying safety with flight training by qualified instructors, and their argument is that a LODA (letter of deviation authority) required to provide instruction in some categories of aircraft such as warbird, experimental and primary category aircraft…is an erroneous regulatory over-reach. (“Primary” is an almost unused category and is not the “Standard” category most of us operate.)
This controversy arose out of a Florida operators’ selling “flight instruction” in Warbirds…. as a Ruse… the reality being that they were selling Rides in Warbirds under the disguise of calling it “flight instruction”….. the problem being that whether or not an instructor were truly qualified to provide safe and meaningful instruction in an aircraft which may or may not be maintained in the same manner as a rental aircraft should be maintained …. was being used as a way to work-around such legal niceties.
The crash of the B-17 “Nine-O-Nine” comes to my mind as an example of trusting people paying to ride in an airplane with was improperly maintained and flown by careless individuals, and while FAA regulatory opinion has sometimes been overly-enthusiastic and in error I believe EAA and AOPA are reacting with a kneejerk in an equally careless and misguided widespread solicitation of uninformed supporters.
That’s my initial thought… Conversations and opinions are welcomed…. please be courteous and respectful of others.