I agree with you 100% and have sent my comments on this subject.good luck, i hope they make the very reasonable changes to the rules. Larry C.415cd,N3452H. --- heavensounds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know some in the forum have a strong opinion > favoring a narrow scope, close to the original > proposal, when commenting to NPRM. I respect their > position, will respectfully agree to disagree, and > ask them just to delete this e mail. > > Others, specially sport pilots, may find my comments > below appropriate, and if so, I ask them to consider > submitting similar comments to the NPRM that changes > several sport pilot regulations, Docket > FAA-2007-29015. > > My only intention here is to recruit a few > sympathetic supporters that may be out there, not to > aggravate anyone. > > Thanks to all > > Eliacim > > http://www.regulations.gov/search/search_results.jsp?css=0&N=0&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode+matchall&Ne=2+8+11+8053+8054+8098+8074+8066+8084+8055&Ntt=29015&sid=11A41DD988A7 > > > General Comment > Part 43.3 (g) needs to be modified to allow sport > pilots to perform preventive > maintenance on ANY aircraft owned and operated by > that pilot and not used under > part 121, 129, or 135, and not only on those issued > a special airworthiness > certificate in the light sport category. > > The current exclusion of sport pilots has never been > explained or justified and it is > counterproductive to the spirit of the regulation. > > 1. Part 43.3 (g) allows a sport pilot to do > preventive maintenance on an aircraft > owed and operated by that pilot, and which has a > special airworthiness certificate > in the light sport category. By allowing this, the > FAA recognizes that sport pilots > can do preventive maintenance as well as private > pilots can. Why exclude > normally certified airplanes that meet light sport > requirements? No explanation or > justification has ever been offered and it is time > to end this unnecessary and > costly restriction. > > 2. Sport pilots operating normally certified > aircraft which meet the light sport > definition must incur additional expenses, hiring an > A&P, to do simple > maintenance tasks like changing oil, etc. This works > against the spirit of the sport > pilot rule, by unnecessarily adding cost to flying. > > 3. The lack of a medical certificate does not make a > sport pilot less or more > qualified to change the oil in an airplane that > he/she owns. Do we require A&P > mechanics to have medical certificates??? > > Following the above, Part 43.5 (f) needs to be > modified to allow sport pilots to > approve an aircraft for return to service after > performing preventive maintenance > under the provision of 43.3 (g). > > Following the above, Part 91.407 (b) needs to be > modified to allow sport pilots to > perform flights for operational checks of > maintenance or alterations, at least in > aircraft owned and operated by that sport pilot. The > current exclusion of sport > pilots has never been explained or justified. > > Thanks for your consideration > > >
