Why SARA and PNC are different

[TedK]

I joined this forum specifically to ask the community why they are not making noise about this issue. I am a millennial generation pilot who has been briefly into and back out of general aviation due to the frustration of dealing with certified aircraft, and I can flat out state that this rule would get me back into flying. I just can't see this as anything but the most important moment for GA in 30 years, yet a google search turns up not a single result on this issue in the last month. How many topics can you search for and turn up 0 results on google? Is the flying community's apathy that deep? I stopped paying my AOPA dues because they don't seem interested.

Mike- yeah, the silence is deafening, isn't it?

However, despite any real cry for this from the GA community, it does appear that this issue is slowly moving forward.

The FAA just published a draft of a new policy that appears to be part of the PNC proposal to allow non-TSO'd equipment.

The new FAA Reauthorization Bill includes language that reiterates SARA and requires Part 23 reform.

Perhaps the appearance of help on the horizon will encourage us to raise our voices to attract it to us.

ted