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11/09/2021

Is SMS in your future?
The FAA has required that Part 121 airlines establish SMS practices across their organizations since 2018. As a result of the benefits of its adoption, the FAA plans to mandate SMS implementation by other organizations, including Part 135 operators and Part 145 repair stations; it expects to release a notice of proposed rulemaking by September 2022.

10/27/2021

The FAA has made just about made every Passenger Briefing card obsolete! A recent update to AC 121-24 requires many new things: addressing E-cigartettes and updating bracing positions are just a couple of the pitfalls.

From our friends at airtoons - some great ancient graphics repurposed!

12/19/2020

Wishing everyone a Merry COVID Christmas! Hopefully this will be the last Christmas with masks!

06/23/2020

One way to avoid TSA lines and airport COVID traps!

03/07/2020

FAA confusion re:STCs in your MEL now clarified. And yes...you can defer maintenance on any STC that is contained within your MMEL! See more detail on our Webpage blog or National Policy Letter 8900.528.

11/08/2019

GREAT NEWS FOR OPERATORS: FAA Announces Privacy Program
As just reported by NBAA:

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) today applauded the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for developing a plan to allow a real-time flight-tracking opt-out for operators that have equipped their aircraft with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) equipment, which will be required to operate in most U.S. airspace effective Jan. 1, 2020.

In a related move to ensure operator security and privacy, the FAA said it will establish new terms-of-service agreements with aircraft tracking service providers that will limit the sharing of aircraft data, if operators want to opt out from having their flight information broadcast over the Internet. The new terms of service are expected to go into effect by year’s end.

These new privacy and security developments were announced by the FAA during the NBAA Flight Planners Summit at the association’s recent Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) in Las Vegas, NV.

Under Phase 1 of the so-called “Privacy ICAO Address (PIA) Program,” which is expected to be in place by Jan.1, 2020, the FAA will set up a web portal to accept requests from operators that wish to block real-time ADS-B position and identification information for their aircraft. These operators will be issued an alternative, temporary International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) aircraft address, which will not be connected to their aircraft information in the FAA Aircraft Registry.

In Phase 2, which is expected to start in mid-2020, the PIA program will be transitioned to third-party service provider(s). Only external organizations vetted by the FAA (e.g. law enforcement) will be able to reverse-look-up the true identity of an aircraft. Full details about the PIA program are available at www.faa.gov/go/adsbprivacy.

FAA acknowledges the desire of some operators to limit the availability of real-time ADS-B position and identification information for a specific aircraft. To address privacy concerns, the FAA has initiated the Privacy ICAO Address (PIA) program to improve the privacy of the following eligible aircr...

03/28/2019

Helpful hint of the day: Don't let that shiny new ADS-B equipment ground you! Be sure to update your MEL to reflect the new equipment!

01/31/2019

High energy marshaling!

11/17/2018

Some folks wanted to know what the latest news was on D195 Requirement by EASA

The latest in the “SAFA Check” saga is:

A D195 Ops Spec MEL was declared the only acceptable MEL by EASA in March of 2017. Since then, we have heard that a few D095 MMELs have passed SAFA checks, but that a great deal of additional scrutiny will be placed on your MMEL and all its supporting documentation, should you choose to use a D095 MMEL. Unfortunately, this additional requirement came to be because of certain operators with a D095 LOA having not met the minimum required documentation specified in the LOA. As the FAA does not inspect/certify D095 MMELs, the first time the discrepancy was noted was often during ramp checks. As of now, the best course of action is to use a D195 MEL if you are planning to land in EASA territory.

Ensure you start early on this project. The FAA may take 60 days or more with your MEL to approve it.

06/28/2018