Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk for our Friday Mailbag special.

Now, this is the show where we talk in general aviation for pilots and student pilots to help keep you safe.

I'm Max Ruscott, and each week I hear from many of you, but often there's not enough time to include all of your emails in their weekly show.

Now, several of these emails are in response

to episode 328 in which we talked about the crash of a CFI who purchased a Piper twin

Comanche and crashed it on the way home. So if you didn't hear that episode, you may want to check

it out at Aviationustoccom slash 328. And today, several listeners share stories about problems they've encountered in flight.

You've just got to love the stories, so stick around.

Our first email comes from patron supporter Bill Air.

He writes, your review of the 100-page FAA reauthorization bill in episode 329

highlighted many worthwhile initiatives.

A post audit of previous bills would show that only a small fraction of the initiatives are completed on time and a significant percentage

are never completed. Plus, there is little prioritization among the initiatives. The reauthorization

bill process is fundamentally flawed. In drafting the bill, Congress doesn't consider

existing FAA priorities, staffing, and budgets. There's obviously no slack today at FAA,

and essentially no resource for new projects without further delaying current ones. And then,

as the due dates come and go, Congress holds hearings to ask why things are delayed,

requiring additional FAA time.

I'm not defending FAA's cumbersome organizational structure or rulemaking processes, but

those are not likely to improve in the near future.

So we end up with a huge list you reviewed, driven by the industry, lobbying Congress,

with little to no input from the FAA and unrealistic due dates.

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