Wed, May 06, 2009
Deadline Approaching for Compliance With New DHS Rule Affecting
Private A/C on Int'l Flights
Our good friends at
the FAA Safety Teams sent us a reminder that merits inclusion in
this news cycle... as a deadline is fast approaching. On December
18, 2008, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Bureau of
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a new rule that affects
private aircraft operating on international flights. The rule,
Title 19 CFR Part 122, is titled 'Advanced Information on Private
Aircraft Arriving and Departing the United States'. Compliance with
this new regulation has been voluntary since December 18, 2008,
however, compliance becomes mandatory effective May 18, 2009. The
DHS Final Rule can be viewed at:
Beginning May 18, 2009, all general aviation flights arriving
into or departing out of the U.S. require the pilot to
electronically submit crew and passenger manifests and other flight
information to the CBP at least 60 minutes prior to departure. This
information must be submitted to the CBP using their Electronic
Advance Passenger Information System (eAPIS) website or through an
authorized third party vendor. This new rule does not apply to
domestic flights.
Pilots failing to meet these reporting requirements can be fined
$5,000 for the first violation and $10,000 for each subsequent
violation.
Pilots are encouraged to become familiar with the CBP crew and
passenger manifest reporting requirements prior to planning any
flights across the U.S. borders. Pilots are also advised to
register their information with the CBP eAPIS website and begin
using the system now for international flights even prior to the
May 18, 2009 deadline.
ANN E-I-C Note: ANN advises caution in regards
to these operations. eAPIS is NOT ready for prime-time and is an
arduous, needlessly cumbersome program. If you have any questions,
be sure to contact DHS and DOCUMENT all such communications in
order to avoid the potential for conflict and error. As far as we
can see, this is pretty foolish rule-making... but it will be the
rule in short order. We might also note that there are a number of
third party solutions in the works that might make this process a
bit more amenable. -- Jim Campbell, ANN Editor-In-Chief.
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