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AIN Blog: Who Needs the FAA?
Everyone in aviation is responsible for safety.
Everyone in aviation is responsible for safety.

While the U.S. government is on a Congress-created enforced shutdown, the aviation industry might be tempted to wonder what the FAA actually accomplishes. What we are learning is that a lot of what the FAA does is process paperwork. And when the paperwork stops flowing, we can be forced to stop flying. There are plenty of examples that have already grounded aircraft and airmen.

Aircraft now need to be reregistered every three years and, as always, when they change owners. Is your aircraft overdue for registration? Good luck with that. Without a legal registration form, it’s grounded. And the consensus seems to be that you cannot use a temporary registration form to keep an airplane flying if it’s due for reregistration.

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Matt Thurber
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