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Gangbusters Redux

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Key Takeaways:

  • The author, an avionics certification expert, refutes the editor's claim that recent regulatory reforms haven't impacted GA sales, citing a complete rewrite of Part 23 and philosophical shifts at FAA/EASA.
  • These regulatory changes have simplified the approval of safety-related systems, fostering unprecedented avionics innovation and making affordable safety equipment more accessible, particularly for smaller, owner-flown aircraft.
  • Such improvements in certification practices are presented as a direct contributor to the current growth in general aviation sales and upgrades, validating earlier industry observations.
  • While acknowledging the positive impact of regulatory reform on GA activity, the author clarifies that macroeconomic factors remain the dominant drivers of broader market trends.
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In your Editor’s Log in the July 2022 issue, “Gangbusters,” you comment on remarks made by Pete Bunce of GAMA on GA aircraft sales growth this year. You state that “Bunce attributes at least some of his industry’s sales growth to ‘regulatory reforms…that enable new technology and new aircraft and entrants.” You then proceed to discount Pete’s analysis, claiming that “there really haven’t been any ‘recent’ changes” and, inconsistently, that “even if there were, it takes time for such upheavals to ripple through the certification and production process.”

As one who was there, let me assure you that you’re wrong.

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