I attended the NTSB Experimental Aircraft Safety Seminar yesterday at Ashburn, VA. Very good session and well run by NTSB.

During Q/A, someone asked when the FAA would have the draft test pilot regulations out. The person from the FAA, Tom Glista, FAA Manager of GA operations branch AFS-830, said it would be out in Jan 2014, but that he needed AOPA and EAA and other industry members to come to some agreement on what they should be.

Questions:
1. What is this all about? Why do we now need FAA regulations in this area?
2. The EAA rep (Tom Charpentier) said there had been meetings on this topic at AV. What did EAA do and what is their position on this topic?