AVweb’s AirVenture 2008 Podcast #8: FAA’s New Kit-Building Rules Draw Fire

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Key Takeaways:

  • An agency's attempt to simplify the "51 percent rule" for the aviation industry backfired.
  • The simplified rules are perceived as punishing the entire industry due to the missteps of a few individuals.
  • Kitplanes Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook has extensively critiqued these new regulations and is featured in a podcast discussing the issue.
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Why? The agency tried to simplify questions about the 51 percent rule, but actually ended up punishing the entire industry for the sins of a few. Kitplanes Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook has blogged about it here on AVweb and written about the new rules elsewhere. Hear more in this podcast interview with Marc, the first of a series.

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