Wonders of the FAA (compare with CASA)
 

Just reading on another forum on the efficiencies of the American FAA. Congress ordered the FAA to reregistering all civil aviation aircraft. One of the pilots who did it reported that . . .

"I did my registration on line in a few minutes and paid by credit card. I received the new registration in about 5 days. I thought that was pretty amazingly efficient for a government entity. Also pretty painless and the $5.00 fee seemed reasonable to me (equivalent to about $0.50 in 1970's money)."

Five bucks to register an aircraft and the paper work arrives in 5 days.

Hmmm seems CASA has some competition in ease, cheapness and speed of service . . . perhaps CASA can undercut the FAA and aim for a say $4 4 day service :)

Yeah right... Good luck with that.

That does seem rather quick and efficient... For what its worth the time it takes to get a Type rating put into your license in some JAA countries is as long as 18 days for my last type! I think even Casa does better then that! :cool:

Well, it wasn't a full registration. The story behind this order is that people simply were never updating their details (when they moved) or de-registered aircraft rusting away in the corner of a field.

So what the FAA was looking for was just a database update.

Still pretty quick......

The FAA have a much quicker, cheaper and user friendly system than CASA.

For a type rating on a FAA license is on the spot. The FAA check pilot (like our ATO's) will have 3 copies (one for you,one for the checky and one for the FAA) of a temporary licence already pre-set for pass or fail, if you pass he/she signs it and hands it to you, meanwhile your actual licence will be reprinted and sent out to you in 10 business days at the latest. In other words, that piece of paper is a temporary licence and it will suffice for use in the interim.

Come back home to CASA it will be at least a 3 week wait.

The equivalence to our AIP's in the states cost $24.99 and can be purchased at a book store (like our dynmocks) any where in the US, not from just pilot shops.

The FAA structure with regards to licensing is different to ours on all levels and in my own opinion is more user friendly from the PPL to ATPL levels.

Just have a look on their website and notice how easy it is to obtain information. It's been like that for many years....Or go to our CASA website and see how long it has been to organise our regs...20 years and still counting:ugh:

Anyhow, ladies and gentleman have a good day:ok:

I am suprised there aren't more N rego aircraft in this country given what a nightmare CASA is. Just getting a medical out of them is such a saga.