FAA final rule: Aircraft registrations now good for only 3 years

The U.S. FAA has issued a final rule on its aircraft registrations
proposal. All current aircraft registrations will expire in 3 years. Owners
will need to re-register periodically (every 3 years) to continue to
operate their aircraft.

Here is the final rule notice:

http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2010-17572_PI.pdf

On Jul 20, 5:34*am, Jim Logajan wrote:
The U.S. FAA has issued a final rule on its aircraft registrations
proposal. All current aircraft registrations will expire in 3 years. Owners
will need to re-register periodically (every 3 years) to continue to
operate their aircraft.

I sense a money maker here

On Jul 19, 5:23*pm, george wrote:
On Jul 20, 5:34*am, Jim Logajan wrote: The U.S. FAA has issued a final rule on its aircraft registrations
proposal. All current aircraft registrations will expire in 3 years. Owners
will need to re-register periodically (every 3 years) to continue to
operate their aircraft.

I sense a money maker here

George, the re-registration fee is $5. Clearly there are not enough
lawyers in the FAA's administration.

The $5 is the current initiation fee. According to the AOPA the authorization bill currently working its' way through congress allows the FAA to charge as much as $130 for initial registration and $45 for renewals. We'll just have to wait and see what the future holds.

Wayne
http://www.soaridaho.com/



"a" wrote in message ...
On Jul 19, 5:23 pm, george wrote:
On Jul 20, 5:34 am, Jim Logajan wrote: The U.S. FAA has issued a final rule on its aircraft registrations
proposal. All current aircraft registrations will expire in 3 years. Owners
will need to re-register periodically (every 3 years) to continue to
operate their aircraft.

I sense a money maker here

George, the re-registration fee is $5. Clearly there are not enough
lawyers in the FAA's administration.

On Jul 21, 7:20*am, "Wayne Paul" wrote:
The $5 is the current initiation fee. *According to the AOPA the authorization bill currently working its' way through congress allows the FAA to charge as much as $130 for initial registration and $45 for renewals. *We'll just have to wait and see what the future holds.

At one stage we had 'Lifetime' car driving licenses.
However that soon changed and the license is now only good for ten
years and costs megabucks to renew...

On Jul 20, 3:42*pm, george wrote:
On Jul 21, 7:20*am, "Wayne Paul" wrote:

The $5 is the current initiation fee. *According to the AOPA the authorization bill currently working its' way through congress allows the FAA to charge as much as $130 for initial registration and $45 for renewals. *We'll just have to wait and see what the future holds.

At one stage we had 'Lifetime' car driving licenses.
However that soon changed and the license is now only good for ten
years and costs megabucks to renew...

This is JUST THE BEGINNING and like everything else the government has
imposed on the public it starts out small and they will then find a
way to justify adding onto it every year thereafter.

Originally Posted by Wayne Paul

The $5 is the current initiation fee. According to the AOPA the authorization bill currently working its' way through congress allows the FAA to charge as much as $130 for initial registration and $45 for renewals. We'll just have to wait and see what the future holds.

Wayne
http://www.soaridaho.com/



"a" wrote in message ...
On Jul 19, 5:23 pm, george wrote:
On Jul 20, 5:34 am, Jim Logajan wrote: The U.S. FAA has issued a final rule on its aircraft registrations
proposal. All current aircraft registrations will expire in 3 years. Owners
will need to re-register periodically (every 3 years) to continue to
operate their aircraft.

I sense a money maker here

George, the re-registration fee is $5. Clearly there are not enough
lawyers in the FAA's administration.

Money drives everything/

I don't know about anyone else out there, but, I am about at the end
of my rope!

I just want to fly my plane.

But every day now, it seems, is another fee or rule or restriction!
*Our ELTs are now useless or worse.
*We are going to have to shell out a fortune for ADS-B.
*We now need to register (and pay) every three years. -- Why now after
100 years of flight?
*We pay property taxes (at least here in CA) AND file a mandatory form
so we have to pay more if God Forbid we paint or improve our plane.
*We can't fly within 100 miles of D.C. (literally, I think) without an
act of Congress (almost literally)
* add your own.

Is this going to stop before everyone gives up our hobby?
Or will flying in the United States be reserved only for the rich and
professionals?

On Jul 23, 5:19*am, Bob wrote:
I don't know about anyone else out there, but, I am about at the end
of my rope!

I just want to fly my plane.

But every day now, it seems, is another fee or rule or restriction!
*Our ELTs are now useless or worse.
*We are going to have to shell out a fortune for ADS-B.
*We now need to register (and pay) every three years. -- Why now after
100 years of flight?
*We pay property taxes (at least here in CA) AND file a mandatory form
so we have to pay more if God Forbid we paint or improve our plane.
*We can't fly within 100 miles of D.C. (literally, I think) without an
act of Congress (almost literally)
* add your own.

Is this going to stop before everyone gives up our hobby?
Or will flying in the United States be reserved only for the rich and
professionals?

Wasn't there something where if you flew from one State to another you
could be liable for sales tax in that State although you'd paid it in
your own ?

Bob writes:

Is this going to stop before everyone gives up our hobby?
Or will flying in the United States be reserved only for the rich and
professionals?

Eventually hobby flight will be squeezed out of existence. Just as nobody is
really driving tractor-trailer rigs for fun, or driving trains for fun,
eventually there will be nobody flying for fun.

The main reasons are that too few people are interested in flying to
effectively lobby for maintaining it as a viable hobby, whereas the commercial
air travel industry is immense and well funded and very effective at lobbying.
Commercial airlines see private pilots as obstacles to their own business, so
they will consistently lobby in favor of airlines and against private pilots.
Over time, inevitably, private flight will wither and die.

As you observe, flying for fun already involves red tape and expense that
effectively reserves it to a very highly motivated and/or wealthy elite. That
trend will only continue.