On January 23, 2023, the FAA’s final rule to increase the duration of aircraft registration from three to seven years went into effect. NAFA member, McAfee & Taft aviation attorney Scott McCreary, who also chairs the NBAA’s Regulatory Issues Advisory Committee, was interviewed for an article by the NBAA on what this change means for aircraft owners and operators.
“The direct final rule is an excellent solution by the FAA to address the aircraft registry backlog problem,” said McCreary. “It will reduce the churning of the documents that was required before to renew aircraft registrations on a more frequent basis.”
The FAA is currently in the process of issuing new registration certificates to those impacted by the new rule, beginning with those whose registrations are set to expire first. Owners of aircraft whose registrations were originally set to expire before June 30, 2023, should expect to receive their new registration documents by the end of March 2023.
This article was published in NBAA, January 30, 2023.
