Mon, Aug 27, 2007
NGA Will Stop Producing Charts For Hawaii, Caribbean In
October
Fall isn't far away... especially
for pilots planning to fly to the Caribbean and over Hawaii,
according to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.
One would assume official government air charts would be readily
available for those pilots... but come October, you might be wrong.
AOPA says the FAA has yet to commit to producing replacements after
the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) stops publishing
Flight Information Publications (FLIP) and other popular charts in
October.
"The FAA must take action to provide equivalent products,
otherwise there will be no publicly available government source of
aeronautical information for Hawaii, the Caribbean, and Central and
South America," according to Melissa Rudinger, AOPA vice president
of regulatory affairs. This was reflected in a recent letter
to the FAA.
The NGA, under the Department of Defense (DOD), announced in
2004 it would stop selling the charts. AOPA convinced the the DOD
to take public comments on the issue, however, and the group says
several hundred pilots were successful in getting the government to
implement a phased approach for the discontinuance of en route
charts, supplemental flight information, and instrument approach
procedures.
Over the past two years, AOPA has continued to advocate a
transition plan. Congress has also weighed in... but the FAA still
refuses to act.
The territories fall under what is known as the US Flight
Information Region and the FAA has a legal responsibility for
providing the navigation products to ensure safety and
efficiency.
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