Bill calls for specialized advanced aviation office within the FAA

Among the first pieces of legislation introduced to the new Congress is a bill calling for an Office of Advanced Aviation to be created within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which would coordinate regulation of craft, pilot training, air traffic systems, and other considerations particular to next-generation vehicles that will be providing air taxi and other services.

The bill, HR 220, or the Advanced Aviation Act, seeks to “establish the Office of Advanced Aviation within the Administration of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes,” and thereby place responsibility with overseeing the full range of consideration in future services and craft within a specialized section of the FAA. 

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New Jersey Republican Jim Van Drew introduced the text last week, and wants to have it passed as an advanced aviation attachment to recurring FAA…