It is amazing how efficient the FAA can be at times. In August 2015, the FAA posted 11 proposed rules to the Federal Register regarding airspace. Did you know that?
Until Sept. 1, I didn’t either. On each proposed rule is a 45-day comment period. After 45-days, with no comments received, the FAA is one large step closer to making a proposed rule final.
Potentially impacted airspace is in Vancouver, Wash., International Falls, Minn., Van Nuys, Calif., Burbank, Calif., Gainesville, Miss., Newport, N.H., Placida, Fla., Vidalia, La., Marshall, Ark., Cottonwood, Ariz., and Mariana Islands, Guam. The majority are for creation or modification of Class E airspace.
Care to comment?
You may be missng the point here. I believe that Ben is using this article for multiple purposes. First, to point out that the FAA, which is supposed to serve general aviation, isn’t doing its job by not adequately informing GA of these changes. Secondly, he points out that the FAA can accually perform tasks when it wants to. That is, unless they are trying to bury the elimination of the 3rd Class physical.
Political rehtoric may provide some satisfaction for those who replied, but it does little or nothing to address the problems GA has with the FAA, an organization that is now buried in bureaucracy and suffers from lack of leadership.
hard is correct. The overwhelming size of our Government’s bureaucratic workforce is able to produce new and changed rules and regulations at an astounding rate. Complaining about it is a bit like complaining about the weather, it is not going to change what is happening. Again like the weather, improved real-time detection is the key to managing ones options.
As someone whose vocation as well as avocations span a number of federal agency jurisdictions I find the web site http://www.regulations.gov somewhat helpful.
“Regulations.gov is the source for information on the development of Federal regulations and other related documents issued by the U.S. Government. Through this site, the public can find, read, and comment on proposed regulations and related documents published by the U.S. Federal Government, and learn more about regulatory issues.”
Here I’ll join in the complaining. Regulations.gov should, like other federal sites (see http://www.FBO.gov) allow a user to establish advanced searches the system runs at desired intervals returning the results to the user via e-mail. As it is one must repeatedly go to the site at regular intervals enter your search criteria and execute a search. Having this function automated on the server side would correct the issue Richard has rightfully brought to our attention. Not only would this address our common interest in FAA regulations, but that of many others in many other branches of government as well.
David… While reading an email from the Federal Register I noticed a way to subscribe to agency documents. “From any agency page on FederalRegister.gov you can choose to receive email updates of new documents from that agency. Choices of subscriptions include Documents on Public Inspection, Newly Published Documents, and Documents Deemed Significant.” So, if you go the FAA agency page on the Federal Register website: https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-aviation-administration click the Subscribe button on the right side of the page. I’ve just signed up. It’ll be interesting to see what shows up in my email inbox.
Of the proposed changes listed above all are for airspace changes to accommodate instrument approach procedures. The one in Guam is to enhance a military training area.
I wonder if Mike L, Richard and Remo bothered to check them before they jumped on their soap boxes and condemned the FAA and President Obama. And what does President Obama have to do with instrument approaches in Minnesota or Arkansas anyway?
It doesn’t mater what the airspace changes proposed are, Don, it’s just that this wasn’t really brought to anyone’s attention by the FAA until this last minute. I keep up with the news on several aviation newsletters including the FAA’s news letter and this is the first time I heard of this. Of course if someone wanted to dig the info off of a government website, it might have been possible to have seen this. I go on the FAA’s website almost daily, and saw nothing there about it. I have no objections to any of them as the only one that I was interested in was the Vivian proposal. Its just that we shouldn’t have to dig for this info and I think most folks would agree with that.
You are correct Richard. I apologize. There should be a better way to disseminate information, regardless of what it is.
The proposed airspace change in Marshall Ar. Is for a new instrument approach into Concordia AR. not an airspace grab for nafarious secret gove’ment purposes.
There’s nothing worse than out of control Government that tries to micro manage every aspect of our lives and with that obama and his minions can’t leave office soon enough.
It’s way past time for Congress to reform the FAA.
Well said Richard