Regulations and Government
FAA expected to update two issues
Industry groups, including NBAA, were working with the FAA late last year to get it to ease requirements on two issues that carried a January deadline.

Industry groups, including NBAA, were working with the FAA late last year to get it to ease requirements on two issues that carried a January deadline. At press time, the association was expecting agency guidance to clarify its August Notice 8700.46 requiring operators of corporate jetliners that want or now have a waiver from Part 125 to operate under Part 91 to submit new letters of deviation authority (LODA) no later than the end of this month. NBAA is also looking for a “more reasonable” revision of the FAA’s so-called “priority service.” On January 1 the FAA was scheduled to start limiting “priority service” for aircraft in connection with declarations of international flights to allow only one request per aircraft (by N-number) in any three-month period. Without priority service, issuance of the registration certificate takes nearly 40 days after receipt of an application.