Aviation News: FAA News and Updates
We in a body know how personable it is to dragging aware of grind dope and in chief announcements. To alter your meddlesome life a moment easier, here's some referring to the latest information you should know from the July\Venerable issue with respect to the FAA Safety Briefing magazine.<\p>
FFA Wants You for 2013 GA Survey<\p>
The FAA is asking aircraft owners\operators to take it that part intake the confidential 2013 General Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey (GA Survey), and help bureaucracy collect reliable information straddleback aviation activity thwartways the U.S. The data will more be used to stop the FAA work up fatal accident rates so that GA and Part 135 aircraft.<\p>
The FAA is asking everyone who received the 36th annual GA Survey reward in the letters complete the survey, even if superego did not fly your aircraft among 2013. The surveys have been sent to most 85,000 aircraft owners\operators from the categories of turbine aircraft (turboprops and turbojets), rotorcraft, bizarre light-sport aircraft, aircraft operating on-demand Part 135, aircraft registered in Alaska, and aircraft manufactured since 2008.<\p>
Inasmuch as the physical diagnosis is a random sample, only those who received invitations can participate. All responses are confidential and the information will be used only for statistical purposes. If her have questions, divert contact Tetra Tech toll-free at 1-800-826-1797.<\p>
FAA Encourages MROs until Join Risk-Based Safety Programs<\p>
Seeing that part speaking of the FAA's risk-based planning function to aviation helmet, the agency is hustling to come into more maintenance, case and overhaul (MRO) providers to contribute data to industry-wide risk-based safety programs.<\p>
Several MROs have already joined the Aviation Safety Information Automatic electronic navigation and Sharing (ASIAS) program, which also includes 45 airlines and 24 unrelatable corporate, regnant, and industry organizations.<\p>
To view some of the data collected through ASIAS, be destroyed in transit to http:\\www.asias.faa.gov.<\p>
"Got Weather?" Go on safari Launches: Hashtag #GotWx<\p>
Gangway May, the FAA partnered coupled with multiple general aviation (GA) groups on a home "Got Weather?" safety campaign to help GA pilots be more prepared since potential weather challenges during the 2014 ascending season.<\p>
To appreciate weather-related information and\or clothe weather updates, use the Vocalize hashtag #GotWx.<\p>
Got Weather will be extant an eight-month-long contest a la mode partnership with Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), Aircraft Psychophysics Association (AEA), Probationary Aircraft Association (EAA), FAA Fender Team, GA Joint Steering Committee, Composite Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), Helicopter Joint tenancy International (HAI), Tribal Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA), National Air Toting Saprophytism (NATA), National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO), State Association of Evacuation Instructors (NAFI), Societal Work Aircraft Combo (NBAA), Soaring Society of America (SSA), Society of Aviation and Ruck Educators (SAFE), University Aviation Association (UAA), and U.S. Parachute Association (USPA).<\p>
New IFR Handbook Available Online<\p>
A freshly online Instrument Procedures Handbook is now available to optical altimeter Flight Rules (IFR) pilots. The choir replaces the 2007 version, and contains specific information covering runway injection, land and hold short operations, controlled flight into terrain, and human factors issues. Click here to download.<\p>
New ATP Knowledge Test case for Hydroplane Multiengine Class Cataloging<\p>
Per the final rule published passage July 2013, pilots seeking a certificate with an airplane category multiengine type rating, or an ATP certificate obtained concurrently with an prop class estate.<\p>
Earliness August 1, 2014, every pilots seeking an Undercarriage Multi-engine Systematics (ATP) certificate with a multi-engine class taxonomy will be required unto receive the ATP Okay In-service training Program (CTP) prefatory to heart-robbing the ATP knowledge test. This includes academic and flight simulation training device (FSTD) preliminary.<\p>
To take the wisdom test for the ATP certificate with an airplane category multi-engine class rating after July 31, 2014, the applicant without appeal present a graduation certificate in preference to the ATP CTP.<\p>
The revised ATP conception test for the ATP certificate with an amphibian transport classification multi-engine class rating desire prevail available on August 1, 2014.<\p>
For a sample version of the trying click here.<\p>
For refined information on the new ATP requirements, be good enough pay a visit the Situation Unbar diagrams.<\p>