This is a consequence of Noel's Three Laws of the Bureaucrat:
1. A Bureaucracy is created to solve a problem that "only it is qualified to solve." The FAA is supposed to solve issues related to the interstate movement of aircraft.
Corollary 1: The Bureaucracy cannot ever solve the problem, or its reason to exist would cease.
Corollary 2: In the rare and unfortunate circumstance that the problem is resolved, the Bureaucrat must immediately find a new problem of equal or greater magnitude that "only he is qualified to solve."
2. All problems are solved with rules.
Corollary 1: Rules are objective and compliance can be identified with checkboxes.
Corollary 2: Reason is outlawed.
3. You didn't follow the rule.
In short, this idiocy is Rule 1, Corollary 2 in action. Welcome to the Brave New World of Washington, D.C.
Ted Noel
From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Steve Richard
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2014 7:25 PM
To: Lancair Mailing List
Subject: [LML] Re: FAA says hangars no place for homebuilders
I just posted this on the site (hopefully in the correct location):
So the FAA would rather have the initial construction process done without the benefit of experienced builders and fliers who are always on the airport? That is counter to safety. I am somewhat stunned this proposed requirement has seen the light of day, considering that the FAA is constantly trying to find ways to make experimental airplanes safer. I believe the proposal should be changed to encourage builders to start and end their projects at the airport. It should acknowledge that airports are the geographic center of most safety activities. Airports are where hundreds of years of expertise in the form of A&P's, IA's and serial kit builders can be accessed almost instantaneously. Would it not be better for a new builder to be near all this expertise rather than in their garage at home without any on site immediate counsel?
The FAA knows how important airports are as evidence by the money that flows to their capital improvement programs. Do they not see that airport quality and longevity will not work with money alone? And the greatest supporters of airports are people who just invested thousands of dollars in a kit.
Steve Richard