Difference between Legal and Illegal Charters is difficult to Define
FAA has made detection of Gray Charters a Priority
NBAA podcast sheds light on the distinctions
Illegal or Gray Market Charters are an area of considerable FAA focus and fraught with very complex rules which differentiate between what is permitted and an operation which may result in FAA civil or criminal actions. The distinctions are fine and difficult to discern.
Past posts have explored this thicket (see below), but NBAA has published the attached podcast in which the discussion among the three speakers explore these parameters:
Gray Charters become a Federal Case
FAA $3.3 M civil penalty catalyst for warning
Red Flags for Charter Consumers
FAA Dragnet on the Gray Market
Softening Illegal Charter Compliance may not be justified
FAA $3.3 M civil penalty catalyst for warning
Here is the very illuminating podcast from NBAA
Tackling the Growing Issue of Illegal Charter Operations
May 13, 2019
Failing to address the issue of illegal charter can be a costly mistake for companies and business aircraft operators. “The FAA has provided for business aircraft, some very narrow, limited exemptions. A lot of people understand the terms and the concepts, but they’re very often misapplied because they’re very narrow” said David Norton, partner and head of the aviation practice at the law firm of Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton, LLP. Learn more about avoiding illegal charter in this week’s NBAA Flight Plan podcast.
David Norton
Elizabeth Vasseur-Browne of Cooling & Herbers also participated in the Podcast.
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