Thu, Oct 02, 2003
Would Include "Lights Out" Training--Which Might Knock YOUR
Lights Out...
AOPA has told the FAA that the
agency should not grant a U.S. Air Force petition for a new
military operations area (MOA) in Louisiana without modifications
for safety and airspace reasons.
The Air Force wants to combine the Lady and Jones MOAs in north
central Louisiana into one area known as the Hackett MOA and, more
importantly, conduct lights-out night vision goggle (NVG)
training.
"Neither Lady, Jones, nor the proposed Hackett MOA was on the
list of lights-out operational areas the Air Force requested when
they asked for an exemption from FAR 91.209 earlier this year,"
said AOPA Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Melissa Bailey.
"NVG training is
unquestionably an important element of preparing for the national
defense," said Bailey. "But just as unquestionably, lights-out
operations — with no anti-collision or position lights
— deny transiting aircraft the ability to fulfill the
requirement to see and avoid other traffic.
"If the Air Force wants to conduct NVG operations in north
central Louisiana, it should have included Hackett, Jones, or Lady
in the request for exemption. At least one other proposed MOA
was."
AOPA also told the FAA that the southern boundary of Hackett MOA
ought to be changed. The Air Force proposal would put the boundary
within 1 nm of Nachitoches Regional Airport (IER). AOPA suggested a
change that would give IER a 4-nm buffer and allow normal
operations from both of the airport's runways.
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