ORIGINAL: ltougas
Silent-AV8R,
I agree with your comments and share your hopes. My experience with the FAA is that they don’t typically issue NPRM’s on the timeline they initially propose. It almost always slips. I wouldn’t be surprised if it is a year or more later than what they say now. In any event whether the NPRM is issued in 2Q, 2010, or later we should be proactive. As I previously stated AMA should have a public campaign to raise awareness of avoiding conflicts with manned aircraft. They could kick that off immediately don’t wait for the FAA. We should also know all the details of every collision that has occurred in the past and analyze the causes so we can propose fact based solutions.
The recent update to Part 91 (and others) serves as a good example. The NPRM came out in January 2007 if I recall correctly and the changes are just taking effect in October 2009. Their wheels grind very slowly.
I think AMA has already worked on the collision history review. Fortunately there are few few to point to and no actual injuries reported.
And my comment about the 400 foot limit was based on FAA using AC 91-57 instead of either a single or two tiered approach. I'm not worried about a slippery slope situation.