I had the craziest dream, last night...

It involved me, George W. Bushusuru, and the Devil and a deck of
cards. To make a long story short, I suspect the Underhanded One rigged
the game, because Jorge was made to make me the new FAA Administrator,
and provide me with some lackeys to make any evil and rotten fantasy of
mine come true, at least as the FAR's were invilved.

So I get in there and start regulating. Of course I am burned in
effigy at Oshkosh and wherever AOPA meets, assassination attempts are
made, etc. but to no avail. I'm your worst nightmare, and I'm here to
stay.

What kind of new regulations do I enact?


1.) ELTs need no longer use special certified battery packs, killing a
major profit center for ELT makers. The ELT must be certified to use a
standard off the shelf battery. But you have to change them at 180 day
intervals.

2.) Single pilot IFR is only permitted in aircraft with single lever
power controls. Otherwise, there must be a licensed pilot or flight
engineer (A&P mechanics could qualify for a GA FE rating) in the right
seat. Exception, if the pilot is flying solo, or with a student in the
left seat.

3.) Homebuilders are only permitted to build and sell one aircraft
every two years, not counting their first one. However, they may not
build and sell another substantially identical aircraft for four years.
If they hold the A&P license or are otherwise determined to be
professionally engaged in aircraft maintenance, it's six years. This
only covers aircraft in the "Experimental Amateur-Built" subcategory,
not Experimental Exhibition, Racing, or R&D.

4.) Certificated engines operated as such in Experimental aircraft, or
nonaviation applications (e.g. PT-6's in gensets, et al) are explicitly
allowed to retain their certificated status as long as maintenance is
performed as it would be in certificated aircraft service. However, to
obtain benefits such as reduced test restrictions, Experimental
aircraft must use certificated engines under these conditions,
including the use of a propeller and other ancilliaries specifically
certificated for that engine and maintenance must be under the above
conditions.


There's more, much more, but that should get things started.