FAA reinstates 'Notice to Airmen' pilot message name, reversing Biden decision

The FAA said on Monday it is reversing a four-year-old decision to rename safety messages to pilots and reinstating the prior "Notice to Airmen" term. In December 2021, the FAA under former President Joe Biden renamed the messages "Notices to Air Missions," commonly known as NOTAMs, saying it was "inclusive of all aviators and missions." The FAA referred questions to the notice disclosing the name change that did not offer a rationale for the change. NOTAMs contain essential information for pilots and others involved in flight operations but not known far enough in advance to be publicized by other means. The FAA is also renaming on aeronautical charts the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America" and Denali, Alaska natives' name for North America's tallest mountain, as "Mount McKinley" after a Trump order. The FAA said in a notice Monday it is in the process of updating its charts and data to reflect the name change.<br/>