Comments on: GA Aircraft Owners, Make Your Voices Heard

By: Jeff S

Jeff S — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 01:36:32 +0000

The survey is nothing more than a few questions about how often do you fly and where do you go. 90% of it is about the equipment installed on your plane. Wonder if they are going to bounce it against your 337 records and come after you…

By: Terry D. Welander

Terry D. Welander — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 20:45:29 +0000

They make it personal by demanding an N number up front; or an invitation to go harass you if they do not like what you have to say.
So who constructed this survey? It certainly was no one on the
receiving end. Whoever is involved in this survey needs to get real
by not making it personal. I am shocked anyone would provide
such a survey, much less expect anyone to fill it out. Courtesy
and privacy first. Tell that to whoever constructed the survey.
Maybe that will help clue them in on how to get responses
to surveys. So why should users get involved with the FAA when
they can not even construct a survey which is not personal. Other
than to stop their bureaucratic foolishness everywhere and anywhere
it happens; last choice and usually essential. But with this kind of hostile attitude toward users, creating the figurative war rather than serving their constituency, the FAA is up to their all to common bureaucratic nonsense.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:41:35 +0000

Thanks boomer. This works but the rest of the survey is still focused on the aricraft not the pilots. I don’t know the hours on the aircraft (different for each one I rent), I don’t know the precentage of use in each category, etc. etc.
If the FAA wants information on the aircraft they should survey the owners via registration addresses not the pilots!

By: william de Creeft

william de Creeft — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 06:11:39 +0000

Retired from commercial flying at 76 years old; now 80
Aircraft awaiting mechanical work to comply with AD Note

Good relationship with FAA for over 50 years…do not think FAA should be involved with Non-commercial flying after Licenses acquired …

By: boomer

boomer — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 02:46:01 +0000

At N number, put in “N—,” which is accepted.
Actual number need not be entered.
For use or activity, renters can state “I rent, do not own.”

It might be helpful to the FAA to know/see/understand how many pilots are renters.

By: greg

greg — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 23:47:13 +0000

What is this really going to do for GA or the FAA? I am interested in seeing what the FAA does with this information.

By: Joyce

Joyce — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 22:57:08 +0000

Not to mention Canadian owners/pilots who fly in the U.S.

By: Mike Ellington

Mike Ellington — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:58:04 +0000

Your survey link does not work!!!!!!

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:49:45 +0000

Is there a way we can get to the FAA and let them know that they have effectively eliminated the majority of pilots that rent and the majority of fleet owners?

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:11:43 +0000

Call me paranoid, but any time you give a government agency information that can be traced back to you, it comes back to bite you in the ass.

By: Dorian

Dorian — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:01:43 +0000

Perhaps if the survey was hosted on a RELIABLE server there would be more responses. It’s pretty frustrating to get through several pages of questions and then the website crashes… TWICE! Looks like they’re not getting my 2011 flight details.

Can’t establish a connection to the server at form.aviationsurvey.org. The site is temporarily unavailable or too busy.

By: Rudy Adams

Rudy Adams — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:44:47 +0000

Form is not for individual pilots or those having fleets. It seems it is geared to fail for some unknown reason. Thousands of us are out here and can not fill out this ridiculous form

By: HRPufnstuf

HRPufnstuf — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:27:35 +0000

Cannot comply! The FAA survey starts by demanding my N number. I rent. Therefore, I cannot get past that page and take the survey.

I’m sure there are thousands of pilots that don’t own an aircraft. Don’t they want to hear from us too?

By: Cory Franks

Cory Franks — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:44:05 +0000

I took the survey but it is for the year 2011???

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:20:30 +0000

This all sounds good, however they don’t make it easy for multiple aircraft owners to fill it out. I have a fleet of 74 aircraft and the long form they what filled out will take some a week to do. I use to complete them but have found it takes to much time or money to pay someone and for what? Hard for me to do more than 2 or 3. If they made a fleet form it maybe easier.
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