"John Roncallo" wrote in message
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Vaughn wrote:

"The FAA claims the change is for safety reasons, but they provide no
safety data or statistics to justify the jump in flight hours required
to conduct charitable fundraising flights."


I read a significant amount of statistics based on the success of SFAR
71 which only applies to Hawian tours at this time.

Actually I didn't write that, I was quoting AOPA. The increase in
flight hours pertains only to private pilots conducting charitable
fundraising flights, so SFAR 71 would not apply as a basis of comparison.
As I recall (that means don't expect me to produce a reference);
statistically, a 500-hour pilot is more dangerous than a 100-hour pilot.

Vaughn (a 500-hour pilot)