Pbr 2

[Onex33]

Bottom line, we may have PBR 2 by the end of March!

I really do hope that you are right Gunslinger37 but I am not holding my breath. Whoever is against PBR2 is still hiding in the shadows and they still have some dirty tricks up their sleeve is my fear. Nice AA1 by the way.

Loren
Onex33

[Gunslinger37]

PBR2 is alive and well. Fully contained in H.R. 636 (FAA Reauthorization) that passed the Senate today with a vote of 95 to 3. The three Senators that voted against the bill are; Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Mike Lee (R-UT) and Marco Rubio (R-FL). Now it is up to the House to vote on this, or something similar, and get it to the White House for signature.

[Byron J. Covey]

Thank you for keeping us informed, Gunslinger.


BJC

[Gunslinger37]

Article today in Aero-News by Gene Yarbrough.

You can bet that Gene will be getting a FAA Ramp Check after they read this.

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?d...9-cc1367cdc42d

[Gunslinger37]

British CAA is making the change to private pilot medicals this summer. Why can't our FAA move forward on this issue?

https://www.caa.co.uk/News/Changes-t...nts-announced/

Also, the U.S. Senate has added PRB2 to a Defense Funding Bill that moved from committee to the floor for a vote. This is a third path to becoming law.

[FlyingRon]

Also, the U.S. Senate has added PRB2 to a Defense Funding Bill that moved from committee to the floor for a vote.

Alas, this is not true. While the NDAA has had the PBOR2 added to it, it has NOT been reported out of the Armed Services committee yet. I checked minutes ago to see what form of the PBOR2 was attached.

[TedK]

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The Senate is in the process of debating the National Defense Authorization Act (which has PBOR2 buried in Title XXXIII of the NDAA), and amendments are coming in. Yesterday, Sen. Blumenthal submitted two amendments to Title XXXIII of the The Pilot?s Bill of Rights 2.

The first adds a provision directing the FAA to establish minimum levels of Liability Insurance. The second amendment appears to do away with PBOR2, it strikes the title all together and replaces it with two brief provisions which seem to require sport pilots flying without a current medical to report their hours flown every six months so that th GAO can do a study.

Ted
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SA 4494. Mr. BLUMENTHAL
At the end of title XXXIII, add the following:
SEC. 3308. RULEMAKING ESTABLISHING MINIMUM LIABILITY INSURANCE LEVELS FOR PILOTS.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall initiate a rulemaking to establish minimum levels of liability insurance for any pilot covered under this title.
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SA 4495. Mr. BLUMENTHAL
Strike title XXXIII and insert the following:
TITLE XXXIII--EXEMPTION FROM MEDICAL CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 3301. REPORTING BY PILOTS EXEMPT FROM MEDICAL CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall require any pilot who is exempt from medical certification requirements to submit, not less frequently than once every 180 days, a report to the Department of Transportation that--
(1) identifies the pilot's status as an active pilot; and
(2) includes a summary of the pilot's recent flight hours.
SEC. 3302. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT ASSESSING EFFECT ON PUBLIC SAFETY OF EXEMPTION FOR SPORT PILOTS FROM REQUIREMENT FOR A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.
Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives that assesses the effect of section 61.23(c)(ii) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (permitting a person to exercise the privileges of a sport pilot certificate without holding a medical certificate), on public safety since 2004.