Experimental Aircraft Association chairman and CEO Jack Pelton praised the work of members of the U.S. House of Representatives in crafting the FAA Reauthorization Act but thinks the legislation could likely die when it reaches the Senate due to disagreements over airline-related issues, including mandatory retirement age and minimum hour standards for flight crew. “I don’t think it is going to get through the Senate, but I was very pleased the way the House managed it,” Pelton said. “They put everything we asked for in it and then some.”
Pelton also was effusive in his praise for the FAA’s recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certificates (Mosaic), noting that light sport aircraft will now be qualified based on performance as opposed to weight and can include aircraft with maximum speeds of up to 250 mph and be equipped with retractable landing gear and a constant-speed propeller.
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