I am the second owner of a plane that is in Phase 2. The phase 1 test area in my exp./amateur built aircraft op limits (from 2004) is on the other side of the Rockies.
I would like to be proactive and move the test area to my local area, so if I ever want to put my bird back into phase 1, I already have the area defined. Is this a reasonable request? ( My Op Limits have a paragraph in it about reestablishing compliance after a major change and notifying the local FSDO as to the suitability of a test area...) But I am asking for a new test area before making a major change.
How do I go about doing this? Do I just call, or email the local FSDO with the new, proposed, test area I am requesting (use a local test area that others at my airport are already using)?
Do my original OP limits get amended with the new test area, or does this cause new OP limits to be created? If new OP limits are created, does this mean I need to work with a DAR and not FSDO? Does FSDO charge a fee for this - or is this my tax dollars at work?
I would like to be proactive and move the test area to my local area, so if I ever want to put my bird back into phase 1, I already have the area defined. Is this a reasonable request? ( My Op Limits have a paragraph in it about reestablishing compliance after a major change and notifying the local FSDO as to the suitability of a test area...) But I am asking for a new test area before making a major change.
How do I go about doing this? Do I just call, or email the local FSDO with the new, proposed, test area I am requesting (use a local test area that others at my airport are already using)?
Do my original OP limits get amended with the new test area, or does this cause new OP limits to be created? If new OP limits are created, does this mean I need to work with a DAR and not FSDO? Does FSDO charge a fee for this - or is this my tax dollars at work?