A bill offering a low-interest loan program to aircraft owners who install new data link technology in their aircraft was signed by Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on April 9 in Juneau. Senate Bill 249, which Palin sponsored and introduced Jan. 25, provides Alaskan general aviation aircraft owners the opportunity to...
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A bill offering a low-interest loan program to aircraft owners who install new data link technology in their aircraft was signed by Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on April 9 in Juneau.
Senate Bill 249, which Palin sponsored and introduced Jan. 25, provides Alaskan general aviation aircraft owners the opportunity to use a new low-interest revolving loan program to purchase and install Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology which was successfully tested in Alaska and is the backbone technology of the FAA's Next Generation (NextGen) air traffic management system.
"This legislation is a crucial step to improving aviation safety," Palin said in a written statement. "Studies have shown very significant improvements in aviation safety in the areas around Bethel and Southeast where the FAA has built ground stations and planes have been outfitted with the new equipment. We are hoping for similar results over a much larger area of Alaska."
The FAA plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on ground stations that transmit the ADS-B signal, but it will be up to aircraft owners to outfit their planes.
FAA officials said nearly 4,000 aircraft statewide would need to install and use the equipment to justify spending nearly $500 million now and in the future.
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