As the aviation industry enters a new “golden age” ripe with innovation, regulators have been struggling to keep up with the rapid pace of technological advancements. With no new regulatory framework to govern novel technologies designed for advanced air mobility (AAM), such as eVTOL air taxis, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration sees a need to make some changes to its certification processes. So said the agency's executive director of Aircraft Certification Service, Lirio Liu, during the opening day of the Revolution Aero conference in San Francisco on September 12.
To accommodate the blooming AAM industry in the meantime, the agency needs to be flexible in applying existing regulations for conventional aircraft to new technologies, according to Liu. “This new golden age of aviation is truly amazing, but it clearly presents some challenges for the FAA,” she said. “Our current regulations are designed over years for the traditional airplanes and helicopters and their operations, and we're not seeing just airplanes and helicopters and the same operations.”
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