Quote Originally Posted by Kurt Flunkn View Post
I'm curious to see what someone like maintenance expert Mike Busch thinks about this proposal. From a grass roots level would this be something best pushed from the chapter level? If so, would this fall under VP of chapters, Jeff Skiles? Would AOPA support this proposal? This might make a good forum topic for this summer at Oshkosh. Then the big question is how to get a sponsor at the FAA to write an NPRM. Anyone know how to create an NPRM?
With regard to the FARs, FAA legal writes NPRM's. Any US citizen can petition the FAA for a rule change, the how-to is spelled out in Part 11 of Title 14. It's still not clear if the proposal in the pdf. has been submitted anywhere. It may just be someone's manifesto as it's somewhat incomplete as an FAA petition in current form. It says 'proposal to the small aircraft ARC' but I have yet to find any kind of confirmation. Is the ARC reviewing the proposal? Does anyone know? I'd like to climb on board and offer support but I'm still at the station waiting for the train to show up.

Afther thinking about it, the toughest sell will likely be at the Transportation Secretary's office. It would be nice to get Huerta's opinon on such a rule proposal so after he is confirmed as Administrator and makes a public apperance at a general aviation event (like AirVenture), someone need to corner him with the question. Get a feel for what your up against.