IMPORTANT REMOTE ID ANNOUNCEMENT
The FAA finally made a decision on Remote ID enforcement.
(short version) The FAA will exercise its discretion in determining whether to take enforcement action through March 16, 2024. If you are waiting for your module to ship, you're good. If you tell the FAA inspector "Screw the FAA", you won't be good.
The information is currently in the Federal Register for Public Inspection and will be final in the Federal Register on Friday.
(FAA version)
The Remote ID operational compliance date remains September 16, 2023.
For noncompliance with the remote identification operating requirements applicable to unmanned aircraft, which occurs on or before March 16, 2024, the FAA will consider all circumstances, including:
Unanticipated issues with the available supply and excessive cost of remote identification broadcast modules
Unanticipated delay in the FAA's approval of FAA-recognized identification areas
As a result, the FAA will exercise its discretion in determining whether to take enforcement action through March 16, 2024
Drone pilots who are unable to comply with the broadcast requirement of the Remote ID Rule will now have until March 16, 2024, to equip their aircraft
After March 16, 2024, operators who do not broadcast Remote ID could face fines and suspension or revocation of pilot certificates.
The FAA recognizes the unanticipated issues that some operators are experiencing:
The FAA has received significant public feedback regarding remote identification requirements, including multiple requests for an extension of the September 16, 2023, remote identification operational compliance date
The FAA has received hundreds of inquiries through emails, phone calls, and in-person questions about the remote identification operational compliance date
The FAA has also received feedback from operators, including numerous public safety agencies, about difficulties in obtaining firmware updates to some existing models of unmanned aircraft to activate standard remote identification capabilities and make them remote identification compliant
The FAA anticipates that the supply of remote identification broadcast modules, resolution of firmware issues, and approval of FAA-recognized identification areas will increase in the next six months
Please note that this link will be different starting Friday 9/15 when it is posted to the Register for good.
The FAA finally made a decision on Remote ID enforcement.
(short version) The FAA will exercise its discretion in determining whether to take enforcement action through March 16, 2024. If you are waiting for your module to ship, you're good. If you tell the FAA inspector "Screw the FAA", you won't be good.
The information is currently in the Federal Register for Public Inspection and will be final in the Federal Register on Friday.
(FAA version)
The Remote ID operational compliance date remains September 16, 2023.
For noncompliance with the remote identification operating requirements applicable to unmanned aircraft, which occurs on or before March 16, 2024, the FAA will consider all circumstances, including:
Unanticipated issues with the available supply and excessive cost of remote identification broadcast modules
Unanticipated delay in the FAA's approval of FAA-recognized identification areas
As a result, the FAA will exercise its discretion in determining whether to take enforcement action through March 16, 2024
Drone pilots who are unable to comply with the broadcast requirement of the Remote ID Rule will now have until March 16, 2024, to equip their aircraft
After March 16, 2024, operators who do not broadcast Remote ID could face fines and suspension or revocation of pilot certificates.
The FAA recognizes the unanticipated issues that some operators are experiencing:
The FAA has received significant public feedback regarding remote identification requirements, including multiple requests for an extension of the September 16, 2023, remote identification operational compliance date
The FAA has received hundreds of inquiries through emails, phone calls, and in-person questions about the remote identification operational compliance date
The FAA has also received feedback from operators, including numerous public safety agencies, about difficulties in obtaining firmware updates to some existing models of unmanned aircraft to activate standard remote identification capabilities and make them remote identification compliant
The FAA anticipates that the supply of remote identification broadcast modules, resolution of firmware issues, and approval of FAA-recognized identification areas will increase in the next six months
Please note that this link will be different starting Friday 9/15 when it is posted to the Register for good.