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FAA Proposes Another Restriction On Flying Anywhere Near The ADIZ

Would Require VFR Pilots To Take Online Course

At first, it sounds like a good idea -- one that both pilots and the FAA can agree on. After all... given that all but one incursion into the Washington DC ADIZ has been purely unintentional... expanded training on how to fly around the Washington DC ADIZ is almost a necessity, right?

Having said that... should ANY VFR pilot who flies within 100 miles of the DCA VORTAC -- the center of the Air Defense Identification Zone -- be required to take specialized training? The FAA says yes.

"This proposed rule would require special awareness training for any person who flies under visual flight rules (VFR) within 100 nautical miles of the Washington, DC VHF omnidirectional range/distance measuring equipment (DCA VOR/DME)," the FAA writes in its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued Wednesday.

The NPRM goes onto say that the training is already available on the FAA website... with its primary focus on procedures for flying in and around the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) and the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area Flight Restricted Zone (FRZ).

"The intended effect of this proposed rule is to reduce the number of unauthorized flights into the airspace of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area ADIZ and FRZ through education of the pilot community," the NPRM states.

The NPRM was met with harsh reaction from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.

"The FAA wants a de facto expansion of the ADIZ," said Andy Cebula, AOPA executive vice president of government affairs. "That could very well lead to more enforcement actions against pilots who have not actually violated the ADIZ."

Cebula notes the NPRM, if enacted, would effectively expand the ADIZ to engulf a total of 117 airports.

The AOPA cites the following examples: under the new rule, a pilot flying from Northeast Philadelphia (PNE) to Cape May, NJ (WWD), would have to have ADIZ training -- even though he'll be 60 nm outside the ADIZ at the closest point. A flight from Raleigh, NC (RDU), to Richmond, VA (RIC) -- a point 55 miles from the ADIZ -- would also require the training.

"Would a pilot in either case reasonably expect that he would have to be concerned about the ADIZ?" asked Cebula. "And the FAA is not planning on marking the 'training ring' on any charts. It's a 'gotcha' waiting to happen."

Another "gotcha," according to AOPA, is pilots flying on IFR flight plans. Under the NPRM, they wouldn't have to take the online training course... but if they're flying within 100 miles of ADIZ center, they would then have to stay IFR -- even if weather conditions at the destination would normally allow a pilot to cancel IFR to expedite his arrival.

"AOPA still believes that the ADIZ, as presently configured, is an unnecessary burden on law-abiding general aviation pilots whose relatively slow-moving, small aircraft do not represent a significant threat to Washington, DC," said Cebula.

"That said, training to improve pilot awareness of ADIZ operations is clearly the preferable action. AOPA supports training, but we can't support the FAA's proposed implementation of the training requirement."

FMI: Read The NPRM, www.aopa.org

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