"Jim" wrote in message
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The proposal would raise the minimum number of hours required for private
pilots conducting charity fundraising flights from 200 to 500

Okay, so there is one minor change. I'm not convinced that particular one
is a bad thing, frankly. I do stand corrected.

Private pilots don't have any
specific allowance for making sightseeing flights within 25 miles of the
departure airport [...]

But Commercial pilots do.

The comment to which I was responding stated a "right to conduct sightseeing
flights within 25 miles" for *Private* pilots. I'm well aware of the
Commercial privilege to that effect. But that's not what was said.

Pete