[CloudHound]

Is the risk here of (say) a Brit living in the UK but owning and operating an N reg airplane and relying on FAA papers being unlicensed by virtue of not having a stateside address?

Set aside for a moment the reason why our pilot doesn’t have one.

[patowalker]

Has anyone received a personal notification from the CAA that CO2 detectors are to become mandatory?

[G-BLEW]

Is the risk here of (say) a Brit living in the UK but owning and operating an N reg airplane and relying on FAA papers being unlicensed by virtue of not having a stateside address?

Set aside for a moment the reason why our pilot doesn’t have one.

That is a risk, although only if said Brit strays beyond the FIR boundary as in the UK they'll need a CAA licence to fly in the UK anyway.

I don't see it as any more of a risk than failing to comply with any other regulatory update, whether related to licence, medical, airworthiness or otherwise.

Out of interest, it was my trust provider, the excellent Southern Aircraft Consultancy who emailed me (as they have done over the years with other significant FAA changes) to make me aware.

Ian

[Ibra]

Does anyone know the background or trigger behind this change?

This seems mainly adressed on US citizens who own N-reg outright and go off the radar?

- Aliens will have to go via US Trusts who already handle FAA communication, now they need to arrange for "physical US adress" on top?

- Piggyback 61.75 holders are easily reachable via CAA of the underlying licence for any regulators matters, they also need to arrange "physical US adress" on top?

Recently, there was a recent FAA interpretation ruling that require "phyiscal supervision" for inspection and aircraft maintenance

ZOOM supervision is no longer allowed for an annual, altough no one has done it but FAA went crazy over it, one rumour in US forums is this is probably related to Boeing and sub-contactors and GA maintenance got hit by this collateral damage, I think there is more to this story...

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all ... vastate-ga

It seems something is going on about "physical oversight" in FAA headquarters? the other explanation is the tendency of FAA, DOJ and other agencies to preserve "US Mail" for regulatory and law matters (email and zoom won't replace physical letters)

On the price quoted for the service, it's funny how anything aviation is expensive, the nomination of "US contact" for tax purposes (TCP: Trusted Contact Person), is priced at 50$/year and they handle any communication with IRS, then about ~100$/year when opting for US corporate adress services

[Peter_G]

I don’t see anything sinister behind this - just a catching-up by a bureaucratic system that has got too big.
Just as they ‘re-registered’ our N planes the other year and found a few thousand no longer existed!; so ,I suspect, they will find the same with this tidying up.
Already the price for those who don’t have an American ’friend’ is down to $75 and falling.
In the end, I think it will be an administrative change which allows those non-letters and non-communications to be delivered!

[patowalker]

It's a bit late to moan about this now. The NPRM was issued in June 2023 and

The FAA received a total of 14 comments, two of which were duplicates. All comments were from individual anonymous commenters. Five of the commenters opposed the rule. Three of these commenters suggested changes, as did one additional commenter who neither supported nor opposed the proposed rule. The commenters' suggested changes are discussed more fully in the Discussion of Comments and the Final Rule section. Seven of the comments were outside the scope of the rule.

[Flyin'Dutch']

@Peter_G Where is the $75 friend?

[Peter_G]

valiair.com
Valiair | FAA Registered Agent Service

Our U.S. Registered Agent Service ensures FAA compliance by providing a U.S. address and securely forwarding correspondence to you in real-time, no matter where you're based.

[Peter_G]

This is the link where you can get details without registering first:
https://www.valiair.com/registered-agent-service

[Ibra]

Thanks for sharing @Peter_G

[mpk]

Has anyone on here ever received anything at all from the FAA apart from their license? It's years since I got mine at Long Beach and I can't recall one thing from them sent to me.

As annoying and pointless as this is that Valiair looks very useful. Anyone guess if the price will go up or down by deadline day?

[patowalker]

Yes. I have a stand alone certificate and have had snail mail correspondence with the FAA regarding my medical history.

[mpk]

Presume that is because it is a FAA medical and not a UK one (as would be the case with someone with a 61.75)?

[patowalker]

Correct.

[irishc180]

The add-on cost of having a Physical US Address to comply with this is $200 a year. That's what the trust company I use, International Air Service Trustee, quoted me.

Bob Garretson has been very helpful to me in the past, and they go above and beyond with any applications I've had (Registration/FCC/Lost AW certs).