AOPA Pilot Magazine - February 2020 - 13

Advice for the unequipped
AOPA has answers for those who did not meet ADS-B deadline
FLYING IN ADS-B rule airspace without operating ADS-B equipment will subject pilots
to potential FAA enforcement action, if
they have not received an authorization to
do so. This can be done through the FAA's
ADS-B Deviation Authorization Preflight
Tool (ADAPT), an online portal that allows
operators to request an airspace authorization for an individual flight. AOPA has been
actively involved in its development, from
defining its functionality to helping test the
software. It went live in December 2019.
In 2010, the FAA published a final rule
that established the airspace where certain aircraft operators are required to have
ADS-B Out equipment installed in order to
operate after January 1, 2020. The ADS-B
rule, FAR 91.225, describes the applicability of ADS-B to certain airspace and what
aircraft must equip, and FAR 91.227 defines
how the installed ADS-B system must
perform. The FAA estimates more than
140,000 general aviation aircraft will be
affected by the ADS-B mandate. However,
some aircraft owners who did not equip
in advance of the mandate will still need
access to this airspace.

The FAA will permit aircraft owners and operators flying aircraft without
ADS-B Out equipment, or with ADS-B
Out that is installed but not working, to
seek an authorization to access ADS-B rule
airspace through the ADAPT portal. In a
webinar (youtu.be/U4ETtuRPcn4) AOPA
provides an overview of the system. AOPA
also prepared a step-by-step ADAPT user
guide (aopa.org/advocacy/ads-b-adapt),
and additional information is available from
the FAA. Applications may be submitted in
ADAPT no earlier than 24 hours in advance
of a proposed flight-and must be submitted at least one hour before.
"We have worked extensively with the
FAA to ensure pilots of unequipped aircraft
could still be reasonably accommodated in
rule airspace, such as to get in or out of rule
airspace to get to an avionics shop," said
Rune Duke, AOPA senior director of airspace, air traffic, and security. "The FAA's
policies surrounding ATC authorizations
via ADAPT consider numerous factors but,
bottom line, if you need regular access to
rule airspace, you will need to equip."
aopa.org/advocacy/ads-b-adapt

AOPA BACKS TRANSPORTATION CAREERS BILL
BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION intended to draw
attention to careers in the transportation
industry and to diversify the workforce
was recently introduced in the House
of Representatives. The bill authorizes
the U.S. Department of Transportation
to develop and publish a series of digital, print, and broadcast media public
service announcements highlighting the
need for more professional airline pilots,
air traffic controllers, mechanics, railroad workers, truck drivers, and other

transportation industry professionals as
the world becomes increasingly more
mobile. AOPA is among the supporters of the bill, along with the National
Business Aviation Association, the Air
Line Pilots Association, the Aeronautical
Repair Station Association, the Aviation
Technician Education Council, the
Professional Aviation Safety Specialists,
the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA,
and the Transport Workers Union.
aopa.org/pilot/capitolhill

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