Anonymous

Document ID: FAA-2011-0763-0005
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration
Received Date: October 20 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: October 20 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: October 19 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: December 19 2011, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 80f56a5d
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Pilot Loading of Navigation and Terrain Awareness Database Updates

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So the FAA has removed Nav updates from preventitive maintenance only to make it maintenance item in part 43. Kinda like a exemption in the rule for part 61 holders. The FAA should just remove nav database updates from the preventitve maintenance list and state in the preamble that nav updates are considered a pilot preflight duty. Therefore it is treated like fuel servicing, lav servicing etc. where no log entry is required. If a pilot can monitoir and get the correct fuel load he can ensure his date on his navigation unit is up to date. I would treat this as a servicing item and remove from part 43 all together. Or make no rule change at all and just change the FAA policy on front loaded nav databases as a servicing item.