eVTOLs Have to Conform


Given how tightly the FAA and its sister agencies manage aircraft communications, the same rules that apply to helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, and now UAVs will also apply to eVTOLs (aka air taxis) when they come into service.


“In FAA-controlled airspace, air taxis would follow the same rules as other aircraft,” said an FAA spokesperson. “Aircraft automation and real-time data sharing between aircraft will likely play increasing roles in these corridors, keeping aircraft safely separated using industry-developed, FAA-approved rules.”


Mindful that eVTOLs are bearing down on controlled airspace, the FAA recently released “an updated blueprint to accommodate air taxis,” he added. Under the blueprint, Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) operations will begin at a low rate with air taxis flying much as helicopters do today.


“Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Concept of Operations” is available online at www.faa.gov/air-taxis/uam_blueprint. This document is quite clear about the FAA’s intent to regulate “Urban Air Mobility,” as it calls it. “The envisioned evolution for UAM operations includes an initial, low-tempo set of operations that leverage the current regulatory framework and rules (e.g., Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)) as a platform,” said the FAA blueprint’s executive summary. This blueprint plans that “mature state operations will be achieved at scale through a crawl-walk-run approach.”


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