I emailed Lee & he responded back. He said the FTCA
has summitted an application to be recognized as a CBO. Sounds like the FAA is painfully slow in rolling out the process. He also directed me to the FTCA member portal where there was
this posting.
Here is the text from the FTCA member portal, just incase the link fails.
Regulation Outlook
From the director: I really hate to say these three words, but “I don’t know.” That seems to be the answer that is most given when asked about the
FAA’s movement toward FRIAs (
FAA Recognized Identification Area). The
FAA has not given any new information on when, what, where or even how we are going to be able to comply with their regulations for safe and restricted flight. The most that we currently have is best communicated by our friends over at FPV Freedom Coalition on their
Remote ID Final Rule Summary page. I know that this does not satisfy most of our questions we have about the whole process, at least we can utilize solid information like this to better educate ourselves for the “arguments” that we will engage in.
After deflating members of our community by uttering those awful three words, the next question is almost always “then what are we supposed to do?” This question I do have an answer to, I tell them “We can prepare!” Preparation in never a waste of time and is always profitable.
So, how do we prepare for the futuristic phenomenon known as FRIAs? Well if you’re reading this email, you’re already one step of preparation further. The first, and most important, act of preparation is to be a part of a “future-compliant” Community-Based Organization (
CBO). (I say “future-compliant” because that too has not been defined by the
FAA.) The next step of prep work in which you should be doing is connecting with other members of the community in order to begin to establish your own type of group or club. Now this group is not a requirement, nor does not have to be formal, it would just be beneficial for accomplishing the missional objective. Another step of preparation would be to identify a geographical area that would be a site for a future
FRIA. There are multiple ways to go about this, and you can read about one of our first community members to do this
here, but finding a location is key.
Once you accomplish these few steps, the next step is: Have fun flying with your friends without any unusual restrictions imposed by the impending regulations. Make sure that you follow current air safety regulations set forth by the
FAA and your local flying site, but enjoy the freedoms that we currently have!