Regulations and Government
Slew of av compliance deadlines draws closer
Compliance with the ICAO requirement for aircraft on virtually all extended international operations to be equipped with an automatic 406-MHz ELT leads off

Compliance with the ICAO requirement for aircraft on virtually all extended international operations to be equipped with an automatic 406-MHz ELT leads off a
full dozen equipment compliance requirements over the next year. Those who follow our monthly “Compliance Countdown” column  will notice this month a sea of items highlighted in red. This means compliance with the requirements for these items comes due in the next 12 months.

To prevent flying illegally or being grounded (as were the operators of some 600 business jets who failed to meet the January compliance date for ELTs in U.S.-registered bizjets) or being significantly inconvenienced and inefficient (read additional flight time and fuel consumed), operators should already be deeply into preparing for the many upcoming compliances. If there is one theme coming from aviation associations and regulators, it is this: don’t wait, thinking the requirements might go away.

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