From student pilot ID requirements to ATP test requirements and everything in between, AOPA is deeply committed to making it easier, safer, and less expensive to become a pilot.
Aircraft owners who value their privacy and oppose ADS-B-based landing fees are encouraged to join AOPA in supporting the recent FAA update enabling aircraft owners to request that their name and contact information be withheld from public dissemination.
The FAA has enabled a privacy program that allows aircraft owners to request that certain registration information be kept private, including their name and address.
An airworthiness directive affecting thousands of high-wing Piper aircraft has stoked the creativity of vintage Piper enthusiasts, particularly those with airframe and powerplant certification, who headed to their workshops to devise solutions that reinforce rather than replace.
AOPA asked acting FAA Administrator Chris Rocheleau to stop allowing ADS-B data to be used "for frivolous lawsuits, questionable enforcement actions, and the collection of airport landing fees."
The FAA rejected calls to limit the scope of an airworthiness directive published in final form on February 13, affecting an estimated 31,000 vintage Piper aircraft, all of which will need new rudders (or an approved alternative method of compliance) within the coming two to 10 years to remain airworthy.