DOT IG, FAA Disagree on Non-citizen Trust Registrations

“There is a fundamental difference between the FAA and Department of Transportation Inspector General about non-citizen trust [NCT] aircraft registrations,” FAA deputy chief counsel Marc Warren told attendees this morning at the NBAA business aircraft finance, registration and legal conference in St. Petersburg, Fla. Last Friday, the DOT IG issued a memo that said the FAA still does “not have the information it needs on numerous aircraft owned under non-U.S. citizen trusts, or that this information may not be readily available,” even though the FAA clarified its NCT policy in June last year to require that trustees provide information about the operators to the FAA in a timely manner.