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| 7 | FAA-2000-8425-0020 | 1 | union_alias | 80382779 | 2007-09-24T04:00:00Z | 0 | William E. Whitley | Dear Sir - Regarding the Petition by ASC to extend the deadline for Sport Pilot / LSA transition, I support the petition and ask that you give serious consideration to it. I am now a certificate holding Sport Pilot. It took me 17 months to get the certificate. I am well educated (a lawyer) and have the financial resources to accomplish the transition. It was expensive, costing over $1,000. Many who fly ultralights, which are just technically over the 254 pound limit are not able to get the sport pilot certificate accomplished in the short time allowed for the transition. They have time and financial problems which hinder this. I am a weight shift pilot and BFI with USUA. The trikers have very few weight shift CFIs. There are very few examiners to inspect the trikes to get them an airworthness certificate. It took me over 17 months to register and certify my trike and over $1,500. We need more time and more instructors and more inspectors. I believe that ultralights / light sport aviation is an important part of our nation's building process for the future of flight. I applaud the FAA for developing the Sport Pilot / LSA rule. We need more time to get people into the system. Nothing would be hurt by granting more time. People would be helped by giving more time to transition. I am attempting to become a weight shift sport pilot CFI. This is not a full time job and never will be. I teach students to fly these simple aircraft for the love of flying. There are so few weight shift examiners who can give me the practical test that it is difficult to find one within a reasonable distance and time. I finally found one in Live Oak, Florida, who is not too far away and he seems reasonable in the fees charged. However, my career is not in teaching weight shift flying, it is the practice of law. Many of the part time weight shift instructors have difficulty and are placed in a financial burden to transition to CFI. We respectfully ask that you consider the extension of time as a reasonable step to helping to bring more qualified BFIs to CFI status. - Thank you for considering this. William E. Whitley | FAA-2007:2007-01-01:2007-12-31 |