ShawnC
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Amendments Pass in Committee Not GA-Friendly
September 19, 2002 - EAA has learned from congressional sources that the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science & Technology Committee Subcommittee on Aviation passed a modified amendment to the Aviation Security Act (S-2949) that keeps restrictions on stadium overflights intact for six months without waivers. The original amendment offered by John Breaux (D-LA) on September 19 called for enforcement of FAA NOTAM 1/3353, which prohibits flights within 3 nautical miles/3,000 feet AGL of large open-air assemblies and major sporting events; and FAA NOTAM 2/9583 which eliminates all waivers to 1/3353 for one year. The amendment was modified to six months, enforced at events with more than 30,000 attendees on weekends only.
EAA aggressively opposes this amendment on several fronts:
Such legislation would doom the already precarious banner towing industry.
Pilots flying cross-country must remain 3 miles clear of major open air assemblies and sporting events including collegiate events, without navigable reference for identifying the location of these facilities.
Equally as important, pilots have no practical means of determining when events are actually scheduled to take place.
There has never been a satisfactory definition of what constitutes a major sporting event or open-air assembly, leaving the matter entirely to interpretation.
The pop-up TFRs around these events randomly shut down general aviation airports within three miles of such events across the country.
The peak period for general aviation flight activity is during weekends, at which times many collegiate and professional sporting events occur.
A pilot may not be not aware of violating an airspace restriction until the stadium at issue passes under the wing of the airplane.
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This admendment should and will be opposed by pilots thoughout the USA. All events should be indvidually evaluated and NOTAMed.
Contact your state senators and make sure that this admendments dies.
September 19, 2002 - EAA has learned from congressional sources that the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science & Technology Committee Subcommittee on Aviation passed a modified amendment to the Aviation Security Act (S-2949) that keeps restrictions on stadium overflights intact for six months without waivers. The original amendment offered by John Breaux (D-LA) on September 19 called for enforcement of FAA NOTAM 1/3353, which prohibits flights within 3 nautical miles/3,000 feet AGL of large open-air assemblies and major sporting events; and FAA NOTAM 2/9583 which eliminates all waivers to 1/3353 for one year. The amendment was modified to six months, enforced at events with more than 30,000 attendees on weekends only.
EAA aggressively opposes this amendment on several fronts:
Such legislation would doom the already precarious banner towing industry.
Pilots flying cross-country must remain 3 miles clear of major open air assemblies and sporting events including collegiate events, without navigable reference for identifying the location of these facilities.
Equally as important, pilots have no practical means of determining when events are actually scheduled to take place.
There has never been a satisfactory definition of what constitutes a major sporting event or open-air assembly, leaving the matter entirely to interpretation.
The pop-up TFRs around these events randomly shut down general aviation airports within three miles of such events across the country.
The peak period for general aviation flight activity is during weekends, at which times many collegiate and professional sporting events occur.
A pilot may not be not aware of violating an airspace restriction until the stadium at issue passes under the wing of the airplane.
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This admendment should and will be opposed by pilots thoughout the USA. All events should be indvidually evaluated and NOTAMed.
Contact your state senators and make sure that this admendments dies.