Most three-letter agencies have no Constitutional authority to exist inthe first place, much less issue draconian regulations without Congressional oversight. Ercoupes, friends, politics, and religion ... what else is there? ;- )
________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, June 24, 2010 10:50:37 AM Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] 121.5 ELTs I have commented on this before, but can't help but comment again. It is amazing how absolute and draconian the regulations from federal agencies like the FCC, FAA, EPA, etc. can be. Some bureaucrat somewhere has the power to decide you cant use a 121.5 Mhz ELT, and it just happens. No review, no debate, no legislation, no argument, no appeal. Today it's just 121.5 Mhz ELTs. What next? transponders? 100LL?, VFR flying? private airports? Slowly, but surely, we are losing our country. Eliacim --- jthomas.terry@ lvschools. net wrote: From: "JThomas Terry" <jthomas.terry@ lvschools. net> To: <ercoupe-tech@ yahoogroups. com> Subject: [ercoupe-tech] 121.5 ELTs Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:44:40 -0500 Just saw this in FLYING online Surprise! FCC Mandates Prohibition of 121.5 MHz ELTs In a report that came out under the radar on June 1, the FCC slipped in a stunning mandate. Section (h) of the executive summary of the report reads "We prohibit the certification, manufacture, importation, sale or continued use of 121.5 MHz emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) other than the Breitling Emergency Watch ELT." Bravo for Breitling, but what about the rest of us? U.S. pilots all know that satellite monitoring of 121.5 signals was discontinued in 2009, but they are still acceptable to the FAA — just not the FCC, effective in August. That allows two months' compliance time, and even if every GA aircraft owner took immediate action, it would still be impractical to convert all U.S.-registered aircraft that quickly. The report took the Aircraft Electronics Association by surprise, too. And as AOPA's vice president of regulatory affairs Rob Hackman said, "When two government agencies don't coordinate, GA can suffer." AOPA also proposed that the FCC did not sufficiently understand the implications of its ruling, in part because the agency suggested aircraft operators would "migrate" to the newer 406 MHz ELTs only if the older technology ELTs were rendered illegal to use by FCC fiat.
