PODCAST: Understanding MOSAIC and the Future of eVTOL Regulation with Katie Inman of Holland & Knight

Our next pod­cast episode is live! This week, we were delight­ed to be joined by Katie Inman, Part­ner at Hol­land & Knight and a lead­ing author­i­ty on avi­a­tion pub­lic pol­i­cy and reg­u­la­tion, to unpack the rapid­ly evolv­ing reg­u­la­to­ry land­scape for Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty oper­a­tions.

Draw­ing on her exten­sive expe­ri­ence at the FAA, where she led major rule­mak­ing ini­tia­tives for unmanned and nov­el air­craft, Inman offers a rare insider’s per­spec­tive on how reg­u­la­tors think, how pol­i­cy is shaped, and what indus­try stake­hold­ers need to know to suc­cess­ful­ly move for­ward.

The con­ver­sa­tion explores com­mon mis­con­cep­tions about FAA rule­mak­ing, includ­ing the com­plex­i­ty, legal rig­or, and time required to devel­op new avi­a­tion pol­i­cy.

Katie explains how per­for­mance-based reg­u­la­tion and the FAA’s “safe­ty con­tin­u­um” are increas­ing­ly cen­tral to accom­mo­dat­ing emerg­ing tech­nolo­gies, while main­tain­ing the agency’s man­date to ensure the high­est lev­els of safe­ty in the world’s most com­plex air­space.

A key focus of the episode is the MOSAIC rule (Mod­ern­iza­tion of Spe­cial Air­wor­thi­ness Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion) and why it rep­re­sents a mean­ing­ful shift toward greater flex­i­bil­i­ty, reliance on indus­try con­sen­sus stan­dards, and inno­va­tion-enabling reg­u­la­tion.

Katie also dis­cuss­es the FAA’s recent eVTOL Inte­gra­tion Pilot Pro­gram request for pro­pos­als, high­light­ing what stands out in this lat­est iter­a­tion — includ­ing the ambi­tious 90-day oper­a­tional time­line and new statu­to­ry waiv­er author­i­ties that could sig­nif­i­cant­ly accel­er­ate ear­ly oper­a­tions.

Click on the Play but­ton below to lis­ten to the episode, which is now avail­able on whichev­er pod­cast plat­form you use.