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On 28 Feb 2004 14:52:22 GMT, Stan Gosnell
wrote in Message-Id: : The FAA is required by law to consider all comments. They may not accept all of them, but they are required to consider and provide an answer to all of them. It looks like the FAA may be forced to hold PUBLIC hearings instead of soliciting comments over the internet: ------------------------------------------------------------- AOPA ePilot Volume 6, Issue 11 March 12, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------- CONGRESSMAN CALLS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS ON AIR TOUR RULE The chairman of a House small business panel has called a hearing to hear face-to-face from pilots--something the FAA has steadfastly refused to do--who will be hurt by the FAA's proposed charity/sightseeing rule. Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), an AOPA member, plans to explore the damaging effects of the FAA's proposal to require small sightseeing operations to meet the more stringent requirements of large air-tour operators. It would also more than double the hours pilots would need to have before they could fly passengers on charity fund raising flights. Graves was the first member of Congress to publicly add his voice to AOPA's call for the FAA to hold public meetings on the proposed rule. See AOPA Online: http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2004/04-1-133x.html |
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"Jim" wrote in message ...
"Peter Duniho" wrote in message What do you mean? Nothing about the new rule-making appears to affect holders of Private certificates at all. The proposal would raise the minimum number of hours required for private pilots conducting charity fundraising flights from 200 to 500 Private pilots don't have any specific allowance for making sightseeing flights within 25 miles of the departure airport, though of course they can make a sightseeing flight of arbitrary length as long as they are not taking money beyond those allowed in the "sharing" rules. But Commercial pilots do. This rule would remove the exemption listed in part 119 that allows commercial pilots to conduct 25nm sightseeing flights without haveing to establish and meet the requirements of a part 119/135 operation. a.. FAA estimates that the proposed rule could affect approximately 1,670 operators with 3,100 aircraft currently providing commercial air tour flights under Part 91. b.. The FAA estimates that about 700 Part 91 operators currently providing sightseeing flights will elect to stop providing the service. Jim Burns III Vintage plane ride operators have brought a public awareness/education web site online regarding this NPRM: http://www.planeride.info The comment period closes on 19 April. FAA refused to hold public meetings so Congress has schedule hearings on the 30th of March. This does effect private pilots. In the past, a charity could apply for an exemption and conduct sightseeing rides in exchange for a donation. Private pilots were allowed to do these rides providing that they had 200 hours total time. The FAA is proposing in this convoluted rule to increase the total time required to 500 hours, eliminating a lot of pilots from the pool of ones willing to do these types of flights. This will have a severe effect on charities. Vintage plane ride operators and others stand to loose their businesses and aircraft prices will be depressed further when a flood of no longer needed aircraft come onto the market. The FAA themseleves estimate that 700 businesses will close if this rule goes into effect. Rick Pellicciotti, Memphis, TN |
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