Much debate about Flight Sharing under Part 91 Flight Share Proponent say current FAR inhibits Commerce; Opponents cite SAFETY especially consumers Might FDA-like consumer warnings Balance both goals? STRAWMAN Considerable effort has been consumed by…
FAA allows GA pilots to “share expenses” Standard explicated in new AC Both Court of Appeals and GAO affirm criteria in law and policy The Government Accountability Organization was asked by Congress ( FAA Reauthorization…
Weather requires care in flight planning, especially for GA FAA has added AWOS and Weather Cameras as risk assessing tools Next site for WX Cameras is Hawai’i To give pilots better real time flight safety…
Qualified Critic finds faults within FAA Aerospace Medicine Issues with Specific Policies and Practices Points to SMS and RBDM to identify internal problems FAS Dr. Northrup good “To Do” list David St. George, SAFE Director,…
NTSB recommends automate FAA PTRS To flag CFIs with suspicious pass rates Internal SMS should be well received by data driven FAA The FAA has adopted a philosophy that collection of relevant data is the…
Pandemic Pause reduces Commercial Pilot Flight Time Pandemic Pause creates time for GA Pilot Training Flight Schools should benefit With commercial schedules a fraction of their 2019 flights, Airline Transport Pilots have not been…
EASA-FAA BASA on Pilot Licenses One way Benefits? European Strict IR led to FAA PPLs; with BASA EU pilots will HAVE to convert to EASA tickets Pilot licenses, particularly PPLs, are matters of great interest…
This is the twenty-seventhPotpourri edition. This information resource is intended to capture some of the articles about the coronavirus impact on aviation. Not included are, for example, the high profile battles over the grants/loans under CARES,…