{"id":5448,"date":"2022-11-16T10:40:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T14:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/?p=5448"},"modified":"2022-11-29T17:08:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T21:08:22","slug":"ama-recognized-as-an-official-cbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/2022\/11\/16\/ama-recognized-as-an-official-cbo\/","title":{"rendered":"AMA recognized as the first official CBO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The FAA has officially recognized the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.modelaircraft.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Academy of Model Aeronautics<\/a> (AMA) as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.modelaircraft.org\/operating-within-cbo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Community-Based Organization<\/a> (CBO) as of November 15, 2022. CBO recognition is important for many reasons. This validates and gives credibility to our safety program among stakeholders and regulators. &nbsp;Although AMA has been shaping regulations for decades, legislation gives CBOs a more formal seat at the table when the FAA considers recreational regulations. This designation opens the door to additional advocacy efforts to include applying for FAA-Recognized Identification Area (FRIA) status and higher altitudes for our clubs&#8217; flying sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AMA Recognized as an Official Community Based Organization\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gTNx7YDuZ1g?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The application process for CBO recognition was published in <a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AC-91-57C.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Advisory Circular (AC) 91-57C<\/a>, which the FAA released on October 25, 2022. AMA was the first organization to apply and the first to be officially recognized as a CBO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FAA also published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/documentLibrary\/media\/Advisory_Circular\/AC_89-3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AC 89-3<\/a> on October 25, 2022, which outlined the application process for FRIAs. As a reminder, AMA must apply on behalf of our clubs wishing to designate their flying site as a FRIA. AMA\u2019s Clubs Department will be reaching out soon via email to club officers regarding FRIAs and the FRIA application process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To remain current with the most recent government-related news, regularly visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/?_ga=2.161517308.1541869602.1609765915-887606143.1608326463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the AMA Government Affairs blog<\/a>. If you have any further questions or concerns, contact the Government Affairs department at (765) 287-1256 or&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:amagov@modelaircraft.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">amagov@modelaircraft.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Learn about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.modelaircraft.org\/safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AMA Safety Programming Guidelines<\/a>&nbsp;at:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.modelaircraft.org\/safety\">modelaircraft.org\/safety<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FAA has officially recognized the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) as a Community-Based Organization (CBO) as of November 15, 2022. CBO recognition is important for many reasons. This validates and gives credibility to our safety program among stakeholders and regulators. &nbsp;Although AMA has been shaping regulations for decades, legislation [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002443,"featured_media":3955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[193,7,187],"tags":[178,128,190],"class_list":["post-5448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cbo","category-faa","category-fria","tag-cbo","tag-faa","tag-fria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1002443"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5448"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5472,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5448\/revisions\/5472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}