Regulations and Government
Is air-tour proposal a problem or solution?
Judging from testimony at a hearing on the FAA’s new air-tour proposals, FAR Part 136 might be a solution in search of a problem.

Judging from testimony at a hearing on the FAA’s new air-tour proposals, FAR Part 136 might be a solution in search of a problem. Speaker after speaker told the FAA that the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) should be withdrawn, scrapped or, at the very least, rewritten.

The session in Washington early last month was the first of two–the second was scheduled for Las Vegas on May 21. Between the two hearings, the FAA will cover all four of the major air-tour areas–the Grand Canyon, Hawaii, Alaska and New York City.