There is a clarifying letter on the EAA's Young Eagle web
site. The link is below:

http://www.youngeagles.org/volunteer...r%20Letter.pdf

My interpretation is that if Young Eagle ride is free and no
money is raised or donated, then the rule does not apply.
If funds raised, then rule applies. Read it see if you come
to the same conclusion.

Jerry in NC


"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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On May 5, 4:51 am, "Blueskies"
wrote:
"Larry Dighera" wrote in
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Let me see if I've got this right. It's okay to carry
sick or injured
passengers without the pilot meeting the drug testing
and minimum
hours requirements. But those conducting short
sightseeing flights
are no longer able to get a waiver for drug testing,
and must now have
500 hours instead of the former 200 hour minimum. So
the public at
large is better protected, but the sick and injured are
not?

NEW AOPA PUBLICATION OUTLINES RULES FOR SIGHTSEEING
FLIGHTS

If you conduct sightseeing flights, whether for charity
or for profit,
new FAA rules
(http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsite...26airtour.html)
affect you. AOPA has updated its "Charity Flying Safety
Brief
(http://www.aopa.org/asf/publications/SB05.pdf),"
posted free online,
to reflect those changes. For example, flight schools
that give
sightseeing rides under the Part 91 25-mile exception
must now apply
for a "Letter of Authorization" from the FAA and show
proof that they
have an FAA-approved anti-drug and alcohol program.
Private pilots who
conduct sightseeing flights to raise funds for charity
now must have a
minimum total flight time of 500 hours, up from 200.
However, the rule
changes don't affect all forms of charitable flying.
Volunteer private
pilots still may transport a sick or injured person and
take a
charitable tax deduction for their expenses, says the
Air Care
Alliance (http://www.aircareall.org/news.htm).
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#195117

Young Eagle flights are in this category. If I remember
right there is an exception for them also?- Hide quoted
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The additional hours may apply to YoungEagles but the drug
testing
wouldn't because there is no charge made to the passenger.
I've always
flown YoungEagles for BSA, which has always had higher
minimum hours
than EAA.

-Robert