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All true, but there is no specific "Angel Flight" exemption.
Sorry, didn't mean to imply that there was a special exemption. Angel Flight is specially recognized by the FAA. If you tried to start the same organization today the FAA would require a 135 certificate since it fails the "common cause" test for 135 operation. The FAA has threatened to shut down Angel Flight in the past but they do a good job of showing successful missions on "Good Morning America" and the like. The FAA chooses to ignore Angel Flight. Our flights are purely part91 flights with no "compensation" going to either the pilot or the organization in return for the flight (neither the patient nor the hospital is ever billed a dime). True, it passes the compensation test but if failes the "common cause" test. Anytime you publicly offer to transport someone from one place to another that you would not have otherwise gone it, its generally considered part 135. AOPA has a good publication on the several tests the FAA uses to determine part 135. -Robert |
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