Effective on the first of the year, business jet owners will
have to carry an emergency locator transmitter (ELT), just like
almost every other general aviation pilot. Bizjets had been exempt
from the ELT requirement, but Congress ordered the FAA to remove
the exemption in the wake of a turbojet that crashed in New
Hampshire on Christmas Eve 1996 and was not found for nearly three
years.
A growing sense of concern in Congress and among the public
about a proposed FAA rule governing charity fund raising flights
and sightseeing flights is increasing pressure on the agency to
accept an AOPA suggestion and meet face-to-face with affected
pilots.
Representatives Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL)
have each written to FAA Administrator Marion Blakey, urging the
agency to hold public meetings so it can better understand the
impact of the proposal.
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