Aircraft Re-registration

[MEdwards]

Expiration dates are determined differently for the first "reregistration" versus subsequent ones. The document at the link above does not do a good job of explaining that.

I do not agree that the whole registration thing is a waste of time and money. It is not unreasonable to maintain a fairly accurate database of aircraft actually flying. The previous approach, asking casually every 3 years if your plane was still flying, was ridiculously imprecise. The initial registration process was fairly well designed and went smoothly for most people. Read the letter you get in the mail and do what it says, and the periodic reregistration should go just as smoothly.