§2654 Aircraft Safety: Requirements for Certain Highly Trafficked Domestic Airspace

Summary

Manned military helicopters may not fly training missions inside the Washington, DC Special Flight Rules Area unless the helicopter is actively sending warnings that work with the traffic alert and collision-avoidance systems used by commercial airplanes. The head of a military department can allow a waiver only if the Secretary of Transportation agrees, the waiver is needed for national security, and a commercial aviation compatibility risk assessment has been done to reduce the danger. If a waiver will last more than 30 days, the military secretary must tell the listed congressional committees and give them the assessment. The waiver power cannot be passed to anyone below a general or flag officer. Appropriate congressional committees: the House Armed Services and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committees; the Senate Armed Services and Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committees. Covered airspace: the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area Special Flight Rules Area (see 14 CFR 93.335).