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airspace, my POI [principal operationsinspector] instructed me to send him thenew documentation package."

He mistakenly. it turns out, covered theold company name with a label carryingthe new name and logo on every headerof each page of his RVSM operations andmaintenance manrul. It took "severalweeks" for the FSDO to reject his appli-cation. So he reproduced the manual withheaders containin-s the new companyname and resubmitted the application.

More weeks went by before he receiveda letter from his FSDO saying that becausethe aircraft was registered to his companywith an address in Nevada, the applicationneeded to be made at a Nevada FSDO.Never mind that his company has oper-ated for man)i years in Texas.

He submitted the paperwork to aNevada FSDO and weeks passed beforethe Nevada FSDO finally acknowledgedhaving received the RVSM package. Butthen it took a few more weeks for theFSDO to tell him that, sorry, this needs tobe handled by the Texas FSDO becausethe aircraft is based in Texas. Finally, andmore weeks later, the CEO got the twoFSDO inspectors on the phone togetherand agreeing that the Texas FSDO wouldhandle the RVSM LOA.

"Ultimately, my LOA was rcissued

with the proper corporate name but iden-tical in every other respect to the previousLOA," he told AIN. "The kicker is thatI had to avoid RVSM airspace for morethan one year because I changed thename of my company that owned the air-craft, which resulted in a very significantcost to me by not flying more economicalaltitudes and the resulting reduction inrange necessitating additional fuel stops.This is a broken FAA system that unnec-essarily consumes FAA resources and air-craft owner/operator dollars."

He estimated that the fuel wastedduring that year of flying below FL290amounted to 7,312 gallons.

The FAAs vision, clearly stated on itswebsitg is: "We strive to reach the nextlevel of safety, efficiency, environmentalresponsibility and global leadership. We areaccountable to the American public andour stakeholders." AINcalled three FSDOsto ask about LOA delays and workloadqbut was handed off to the FAAs publicrelations oflice. Inquiries to one regionalFAApublicrelations offrce and to the FAAheadquarters public relations office werenot answered as of August 18.

Other operators responded to AIN'srequest for feedback on LOA approvaldelays, and AIN will report on thoseand any new information in the Octo-ber issue. tr

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