Fri, Mar 12, 2004
ADIZ, TFR Education Efforts Noted
AOPA was honored on
Wednesday for its significant efforts to educate and alert pilots
of flight restrictions across the country. Representatives from the
Baltimore Flight Standards District Office, which handles
violations of the Baltimore-Washington Air Defense Identification
Zone (ADIZ) and Prohibited Area P-40 over Camp David, came to AOPA
headquarters to present the staff with the "Good Friend" Award.
"AOPA's efforts in our area and across the nation have helped
untold numbers of pilots avoid violations and enforcement actions,"
said Aviation Safety Inspector John Cumberpatch. "We at the FSDO
are tasked with enforcement, whether we like it or not. We have a
lot of sympathy for pilots, but we've sworn to uphold the
regulations."
As the FSDO citation noted, AOPA sent out more than two million
individual e-mails in 2003, alerting pilots to temporary flight
restrictions likely to have significant impacts on flight
operations. In addition, a scrolling banner at the top of the AOPA
Online home page lists TFRs issued under FAR 91.141 for
Presidential, Vice Presidential, or other VIP movements. And for
pilots in the Baltimore-Washington ADIZ area, AOPA's Air Traffic
department developed an online tutorial to teach pilots how to
safely operate without getting into trouble.
The FAA citation singled out AOPA Vice President of Regulatory
and Certification Affairs Melissa Bailey, Air Traffic Manager Heidi
Williams, and Government Analyst Brent Hart for their efforts.
Bailey, Williams, and Hart are the three who first hear of upcoming
TFRs and set AOPA's wheels in motion. But AOPA Senior Vice
President of Government and Technical Affairs Andy Cebula, who
oversees the Air Traffic department, told the FAA representatives,
"Melissa, Heidi, and Brent are your main contacts at AOPA, but
they're part of a much larger team drawing from our Communications,
ePublishing, and Information and Technology departments. They all
pull together to get the word out quickly and efficiently."
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