Bob,

Yes, I did respond to the FAA, both with an initial comment and to their
online meeting thing. I also carefully read the NPRM a couple times, and I
looked at the incident reports that the FAA cited as justification for the
NPRM.

My concern is for the industry as a whole. I thought back about every
air-tour weve ever done, and not one of them would be legal under the new
NPRM. I can't even imagine any customer being happy with a tour conducted at
1200-1500 ft. Especially since they can hire an airplane to do the same ride
for 1/5th the cost that we would be able to do it. We already installed
floats on machine last year, and the cost was painful. I can imagine that
this requirement would be the kiss of death for some operators.

Bart

"Bob" wrote in message
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OH (duh) I DO apologise already. "Basically Stated" is YOUR statement.

That's why there are NPRM's. I assume you voiced your concerns to the FAA
appropriately. This forum will get you nowhere.

Bob