Airlines Should Not See Unnamed Aircraft systems, FAA Assures Pilots
Airlines should not expect to see unmanned Aircraft systems (UAS) flying regularly in U.S. Airspace anytime soon, a senior official with the Federal Aviation Administration told Pilots. The assurance came amid continuing reports of unauthorized UAS Flights near Airliners.
FAA Administrator Michael Huerta has made it clear regarding the entry of UASs into the Airspace system. It’s going to be done in a prudent, step by step way, with safety foremost in our minds, John Hickey, the agency’s Deputy Associate Administrator for Aviation safety, told the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) Air Safety Forum. While the agency has allowed some commercial operations of small unmanned Aircraft by exemption to its current rules, it will take slow, deliberative steps before letting UASs into more busy Airspace.
Hickey served on a panel with other Aviation Officials moderated by ALPA Aviation Safety Chairman Chuck Hogeman, who opened the discussion by mentioning an effort to certify a 200 pound helicopter to fly in unrestricted Airspace a reference to the unmanned Yamaha Rmax precision farming helicopter. The state of regulations governing unmanned Aircraft, more popularly known as drones,dominated the discussion, reflecting Airline Pilots’ concern over potential Airspace Conflicts. citing a senior aviation official, said there had been 10 incidents in the previous 30 days in which unmanned Aircraft Flew close to passenger Jets in the New York area, in some cases Forcing Pilots to take evasive action.
Under pressure from the unmanned Aircraft Industry and Congress, the FAA plans to allow some commercial operations of small UAS by exemption under Section 333 of the 2012 FAA reauthorization act. Operators seeking exemptions are involved in filmmaking, precision agriculture, powerline and pipeline inspection and oil and gas flare stack inspection. The FAA has said it will release a longdelayed draft rulemaking in November to standardize the regulation of small UAS. Standards that will facilitate Flights of larger UAS in unrestricted Airspace are under development by RTCA Special Committee 228, which aims to deliver them in 2016.
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Airlines should not expect to see unmanned Aircraft systems (UAS) flying regularly in U.S. Airspace anytime soon, a senior official with the Federal Aviation Administration told Pilots. The assurance came amid continuing reports of unauthorized UAS Flights near Airliners.
FAA Administrator Michael Huerta has made it clear regarding the entry of UASs into the Airspace system. It’s going to be done in a prudent, step by step way, with safety foremost in our minds, John Hickey, the agency’s Deputy Associate Administrator for Aviation safety, told the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) Air Safety Forum. While the agency has allowed some commercial operations of small unmanned Aircraft by exemption to its current rules, it will take slow, deliberative steps before letting UASs into more busy Airspace.
Hickey served on a panel with other Aviation Officials moderated by ALPA Aviation Safety Chairman Chuck Hogeman, who opened the discussion by mentioning an effort to certify a 200 pound helicopter to fly in unrestricted Airspace a reference to the unmanned Yamaha Rmax precision farming helicopter. The state of regulations governing unmanned Aircraft, more popularly known as drones,dominated the discussion, reflecting Airline Pilots’ concern over potential Airspace Conflicts. citing a senior aviation official, said there had been 10 incidents in the previous 30 days in which unmanned Aircraft Flew close to passenger Jets in the New York area, in some cases Forcing Pilots to take evasive action.
Under pressure from the unmanned Aircraft Industry and Congress, the FAA plans to allow some commercial operations of small UAS by exemption under Section 333 of the 2012 FAA reauthorization act. Operators seeking exemptions are involved in filmmaking, precision agriculture, powerline and pipeline inspection and oil and gas flare stack inspection. The FAA has said it will release a longdelayed draft rulemaking in November to standardize the regulation of small UAS. Standards that will facilitate Flights of larger UAS in unrestricted Airspace are under development by RTCA Special Committee 228, which aims to deliver them in 2016.
Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA),
Pilots Forced to take evasive action in the New York area,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Aviation safety,
Hickey served on a panel with other Aviation Officials,
Mohini Porwal [ B Sc] Trainee News Editor
Trainee News Editor
mohini.aerosoft@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005944964687
www.Philippine-Aviation-News.blogspot.com
www.Newzealand-Aviation-News.blogspot.com
www.Aviation-News-India.blogspot.com
www.Canadian-Aviation-News.blogspot.com
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