Avionics News - October 2023 - 16

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UNITED STATES
News & Regulatory Updates
AEA requests extension for comment
period for MOSAIC proposal
As reported by the AEA at the beginning of August, the
Federal Aviation Administration recently published the
proposal for the Modernization of Special Airworthiness
Certification (MOSAIC). The primary purpose of the
proposal is to expand the aircraft that may be eligible for
future certification as a light-sport aircraft, and to expand
the authority and opportunity of a sport pilot.
What has not been discussed, however, is that the agency
is proposing to amend nine separate regulations. And, in
supporting the proposal, the docket includes 17 supporting
documents (including two draft advisory circulars), 129
footnotes with numerous standards and 26 Federal Register
cites, and seven policy documents equating to well over
1,000 pages of directly relevant information.
The NPRM proposes to amend 14 CFR Parts:
 1: Definitions.
 21: Certification Procedures for Products and
Articles.
 22: (New), Design, Production, and Airworthiness
Requirements for non-Type Certificated Aircraft.
 36: Noise Standards: Aircraft Type and
Airworthiness Certification.
 43: Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance,
Rebuilding, and Alteration.
 45: Identification and Registration Marking.
 61: Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and
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 65: Certification: Airmen Other Than Flight
Crewmembers.
 91: General Operating and Flight Rules.
 119: Certification: Air Carriers and Commercial
Operators.
While the public's focus has been on the expanded sport
pilot privileges and limitations as well as the weight and
performance increases of the light-sport aircraft, the AEA is
primarily focused on three areas:
 Continued Airworthiness:
o The impact of the proposal on the general
aviation maintenance industry.
o Replacement of parts and accessories.
o Alterations and modifications.
 Personnel:
o LSA repairman (maintenance) privileges
and limitations.
o Impact on workforce development.
 Repetitive rulemaking:
o Part 23 rewrite versus MOSAIC.
To read the NPRM, visit bit.ly/47J6NW7.
As of press time, comments must be submitted no later than
Oct. 23, 2023. As reported in the AEA regulatory update to
members on Aug. 7, 2023, this is an extremely complicated
proposal with more than 1,000 pages of text to review. As
such, the AEA along with more than a half-dozen industry
partners have requested a 90-day extension of the comment
period to support a thorough review. To read the request for
extension submitted to the FAA on Aug. 29, 2023, visit
bit.ly/4677kzj.
For a section-by-section review of the proposal, read
Ric Peri's " View from Washington " column beginning on
page 14. 

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