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From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Transponder reg
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Date: Mon, 20-Jan-86 12:25:12 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 20 12:25:12 1986
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> The FAA doesn't have to tell you about new regulations; it's your
> business to find out about them, either by reading the Federal
> Register, or by subscribing to the regs themselves or something.

True from a legal standpoint, but not from a practical one.  A person
could spend all of his waking hours reading the Federal Register.

The FAA went to the trouble to mail out notices to all pilots in the
area, letting them know that the Phoenix Sectional is in error because
it still shows the Phoenix FSS as the controlling FSS for a number of
Navaids (the PHX FSS is permanently closed).  But they couldn't be
bothered to add that this new regulation (and the shoulder harness reg)
were going into effect.

I also note that the new reg went into effect with uncommon swiftness
after adoption.  Usually there is plenty of time for the national
magazines to warn that a new reg has been adopted, effective soon.
This time, they were effective "last month".

I suspect I'm not the only one caught unawares, since there was no
mention here on the net...
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Doug Pardee -- CalComp -- {hardy,savax,seismo,decvax,ihnp4}!terak!doug