I think Dickson is doing a good job here. He understands the FAA bureaucracy which includes present rulemaking. And he went to Oshkosh publicly stating what that relationship of bureaucracy with legal liability has resulted in regarding this particular case to an audience wanting something entirely different. And he gave the bureaucratic solution that only a bureaucracy can provide. He is one of the few bureaucrats who at least in this case spoke honestly.
We just don’t like his bureaucratic answer. Do you think we will have a choice of his future bureaucratic replacement? And how will that change the bureaucratic process or the bureaucracy itself?
Be happy we have a LODA process as a work around with a specific date range of applicability. Yeah, more paperwork. But even that P-40 operation that got sanctioned to start this mess can qualify if they want. Besides, what would you think a bureaucracy will provide? Simplicity…ease of application…timely approvals? Or another layer of bureaucracy we must navigate to get the desired results? Dickson put his big boy pants on and told to us straight. Good for him.