"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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"Ben Haas" wrote in message
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Hi Guys, Another one of our local EAA members emailed me with news the
FAA is wanting to increase the total time a pilot has from 200 hours
to 500 before they can give rides in a plane. This was brought up
because our chapter is really active the the Young Eagles program and
some of the newest members are under the 500 hour mark. The comment
period has supposeably been extended 90 days. Any body else heard of
such a thing. Also they are wanting to cut out sightseeing flights
too.

There's not even a 200 hour limit for Young Eagles. All you need is the
normal
pilot-in-command requirements for carrying passengers in general, EAA
membership,
and minimal insurance. The current NPRM doesn't affect any of that.

The rules that are talking about cover carrying passengers for hire,
either for sightseeing
or charity fundraisers. Both of these currently enjoy relaxation of the
rules for commercial
operators. The YE program doesn't fit in this in that nobody is getting
charged. Of course,
the whole NPRM justification is flawed. The example cases that they use
to justify it happened
by operators already subject to Part 135 rules. It's not clear what the
point of this
rule is other than to put a lot of operators out of business and to
completely eliminate
certain kinds of flying.



Ron,

I spoke to an active member of Angel Flight who said they were concerned
that they may get caught up in this ruling because it was so badly written.

Do you know anything about that?