3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. - Tallahassee 2-3
AEA Regulatory Brief:
Moderated by Ric Peri, AEA’s vice president of government & industry affairs

Wi-Fi Summit Update 
The Aircraft Electronics Association recently hosted a Wi-Fi Summit for industry participants involved in certifying and installing Wi-Fi equipment into aircraft. At the conclusion of the two-day event, the AEA and the FAA made a number of commitments, including moving the "new and novel" Issue Paper for wireless technology to a formal guidance document. A formal guidance document would help clarify and simplify the processes and procedures for certification and installation of these systems. This Wi-Fi Summit Update session will provide an update on the progress of the recommendations, including the guidance material for Wi-Fi installations as well as highlight computer security issues not addressed during the summit.

AML-STCs: Now and in the Future 
The FAA's Small Airplane Directorate is presenting an overview of their findings and recommendations from a recently completed Part 23 Certification Process Study.  This study reviewed the adequacy of current airworthiness processes throughout a small airplane's life including pilot training, operations, and maintenance.  The FAA is planning to update Part 23 for the first time in over 25 years and is asking for your input before beginning the formal regulatory review process.  Specifically, the FAA is looking out over the next 20 plus years and asking for input on processes that need improvement as well as disconnects between the certification process and how the equipment is used and maintained in operations.

7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Miami 1-3
AEA Regulatory Rise & Shine Briefing
Moderated by Ric Peri, vice president of government & industry affairs for AEA

This year, the AEA will begin Thursday and Saturday mornings with a Regulatory Rise & Shine. Because there are numerous regulatory issues needing to be briefed, the AEA has elected to expand the Regulatory Rise & Shine to two mornings.

With the FAA and TSA in full swing this past fall, these sessions are slated to be full of best practices for compliance with a wide range of regulatory issues, from TSA and the new Repair Station Security Program to the FAA’s efforts to mandate a safety management system to its already extensive Part 145 management system.

This session also includes local and national FAA officials discussing many issues of interest to repair stations. The FAA’s Flight Standards Division, Small Airplane Directorate and Transport Directorate all will discuss the regulations and guidance their respective divisions are distributing.

8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Sun Ballroom A-B
AEA Regulatory Leadership Panels
Moderated by Ric Peri, vice president of government & industry affairs for AEA

Special Guest: Randy Babbitt, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, is the featured speaker of the FAA Leadership Panel — “What is the FAA’s National Vision?”. Babbitt will share with attendees what’s on the organization’s radar screen in the coming years. He also will address the safety management system proposal and NextGen initiatives.

The two panels are:

Panel 1: FAA Leadership Panel: What is the FAA’s national vision? Where is it expending its resources? What is on its radar for the next few years? How can we help the FAA maximize its resources? What concerns is the FAA seeing with avionics and avionics installations in the three classes of aircraft AEA members see most often: transport, normal and utility, and rotorcraft? These and other questions will be answered during the FAA Leadership Panel. FAA headquarters and its three airframe directorates have been invited.

Panel Includes:
Jeff Duven, Transport Directorate
Kim Smith, Small Airplane Directorate
Tim Shaver, Aircraft Maintenance Division

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Panel 2: ADS-B: The Way Forward: The ADS-B standards now are final, and manufacturers know what the ADS-B transceivers are supposed to look like. Now, we need to know how and when the FAA mandate for equipage will be published and how our industry can help the agency fit 130,000 aircraft during the next 10 years. This session focuses on the way forward for ADS-B. How will it impact our businesses? What certification and installation challenges might we face? How do repair stations properly plan and ramp up their workforce to handle the mandates? How does our industry successfully meet ADS-B mandates and use ADS-B as an opportunity to build a business plan for the future of our national airspace system?

Panel Includes:
Wes Ryan, FAA Small Airplane Directorate
Timothy Shaver, FAA Avionics Maintenance Branch
Don Walker, FAA Avionics Systems Branch, AIR-130
Heidi Williams, AOPA, Airspace and Modernization

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AEA International Round Table Regulatory Sessions
All of the round tables are located in the Sanibel 1 Meeting Room

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
AEA South Pacific Round Table, moderated by Michael Kus, AEA South Pacific director

2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
AEA Europe Round Table, moderated by Jim Herbert, AEA Europe director

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
AEA Canada Round Table, moderated by Barry Aylward, AEA Chairman

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Miami 1-3
AEA Regulatory Rise & Shine Session
Moderated by Ric Peri, vice president of government & industry affairs for AEA

The week’s second Regulatory Rise & Shine session features, in part, representatives from the Transportation Security Administration briefing attendees about the new repair station security rules. TSA participants include: Celio Young, branch manager of Aircraft Repair Stations and Flight School Programs, Compliance Programs and Office of Security Operations; and Stephen Perez with TSA Headquarters, Aircraft Repair Station Program and Office of Global Strategies.