Fitzair4 wrote:

Latest news from the EAA.
Great News! Sport Pilot Leaves DOT for OMB
December 24, 2003 - Christmas came early to the aviation community when
Department of Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta signed off on the sport
pilot/light-sport aircraft rulemaking package and forwarded it to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) late on Tuesday, December 23.
"This is great news, as it completes an important step to make sport
pilot/light-sport aircraft a reality," said EAA President Tom Poberezny.
My compliments to FAA and DOT for their hard work in getting this important
task accomplished. EAA and the aviation community have been looking forward to
this important announcement as the rulemaking package enters its final
phase.

OMB now has 90 days in which to review and return the package to the FAA, at
which time it would be published in the Federal Register as a final rule.

Merry Christmas from all of us at EAA!

WWW.eaa.org


Fitz,

Does OMB routinely approve things like the Sport Pilot/Aircraft regs, or
do they have a habit of changing things, and thus dragging these
procedures out further?

David