Additional Work (Ongoing)

6. Media Coverage “JASA study to narrow to draw broad conclusions on AEDT accuracy, FAA says,” Airport Noise Report (ANR), March 22, 2024;

  • An ANR newsletter article featured comments on a large-scale validation study of aircraft noise modeling airport arrivals using FAA’s Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT) by the Metroplex Overflight Noise Analysis (MONA) team, Stanford University. It includes five quotes from impacted community groups. Airport Noise Report (ANR) vol. 36, no.8 (March 22, 2024).
  • Study – The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

5. Comment on Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification; October 23, 2023;

  • AICA comment ID. No. FAA-2023-1377-0725 on Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification.

4. Public Record Submission for the August 23, 2023 Advance Aviation Advisory Committee (AAAC) Meeting;

  • AICA comment on eleven requests regarding AAAC charter and membership, community subcommittee of Specialized Government Employees, Task Group #15 Community Engagement Lessons Learned/Best Practices Recommendations, AAM Integrated Master Schedule, Innovate 28, layperson’s lived experience of AAM, and Community Engagement.

3. Comment on Petition for Exemption – Summary of Petition Received; Ampaire, Inc.; August 21, 2023;

  • AICA comment on Docket ID No. 2023-17947 includes the statement “There should not be any Hybrid Electric Cessna 3376 Skymaster aircraft that fly over densely populated areas for demonstration, market survey operations, or for any other purpose.”

2. Public Record Submissions for the June 12, 2023 NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC) Meeting;

  • Yaplee comments on FAA’s Noise Policy Review process and its regulatory responsibilities regarding retroactive implementation of the new policy.
  • Christiansen comments on aircrafts’ Flight Management Systems and their memory barriers for implementing Families of RNAVs to disperse flights.

1. Public Record Submissions for the February 28, 2023 NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC) Meeting;

  • Christiansen comments on the FAA’s use of its Historic Trends graphic and the last 10-years exposure trend.