The funny thing about being a jet owner, is realizing, despite your best efforts, how little you actually know.
The NBAA recently offered a quick snippet of what winds may be blowing chez FAA. According to an NBAA spokesperson:
“The FAA can and may take enforcement action against an aircraft owner if a flight is conducted illegally,” the spokesman said, “and the FAA can and may take action against an aircraft management company that should be operating flights [even aircraft owner flights] under Part 135, but is not.”
What does this mean to the fractional owner? The jet owner? Historically you’d think “well… not much.” After all, you’ve never been ramp checked, and are not likely to cross paths with the POI your poor pilot calls as infrequently as possible.
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Normally my blog is reserved for marketing rants and raves, but being one that must (from time to time) actually fly airplanes and safely get people from “a to b,” I couldn’t help not writing a quick homage to Dean Andrew and what he did off the threshold of a runway in Kodiak, AK after a plane crashed into the cold Pacific on Saturday Jan. 5th, 2008.
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