"Bart" wrote in :

The FAA's online meeting regarding the massive changes to part 91
tours as well as many helicopter related changes. is being held today.

First, you people are way late on this. The NPRM is almost at the end of
the second, extended comment period.

Second, I'm in favor of the changes. Tour operators are killing too many
people, and I would never get on one, nor allow my family on one. Part 135
compliance is certainly the least that should be required, and in most
cases scheduled 135 compliance should be required. Hovering inside
volcanoes, beside waterfalls, and inside the Grand Canyon with no forced
landing area is simply idiotic. There is no reason to fly at the altitudes
many operators do, because you can't see as much and because a recovery
from an engine failure is difficult at best. Plus, using low-time pilots
and grossly overworking them is unsafe at any altitude.

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Regards,

Stan