The previous FAA Authorization expired on September 30. At the moment, President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the federal government through Nov. 17, 2023 and extend Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorization through December. Because the clock ticks towards the tip of the yr, what’s happening with FAA Reauthorization 2023?
In a recent interview with Recent York’s Spectrum News, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg urged Congerssd to maneuver beyond political “games” and pass FAA Reauthorization before yr end.
“It’s necessary for there to be stable funding, predictable funding, and really try to guard our aviation system from among the political games which can be playing out on Capitol Hill at once,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said.
Buttigieg was commenting on the necessity for more air traffic controllers and supporting staff, to enable secure and efficient air travel.
“The U.S. aviation system accounts for about 5% of the complete American economy,” he explained. “Ensuring that air travel is secure, ensuring that the expansion in air travel is supported, these are all things which can be at stake in FAA reauthorization. It will possibly even have an enormous effect on the passenger experience.”
Manned aircraft travel just isn’t the one issue at stake in FAA Reauthorization. For the drone industry, forward movement on critical regulation including flight beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) is tied to the package, which in its current form would require the FAA to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on BVLOS flight inside 4 months of the bill’s enactment.
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