NTSB Seeks To Close Part 91 Revenue Ops 'Loopholes'
NTSB's Jennifer Homendy expressed concerns to lawmakers about the need to strengthen safety requirements for Part 91 revenue passenger-carrying flights.
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NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy expressed concerns to lawmakers about the need to strengthen safety requirements for Part 91 revenue passenger-carrying flights.

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chair Jennifer Homendy expressed concern about the need to close “loopholes” for certain revenue passenger-carrying operations such as sightseeing or commercial air tour flights. Testifying before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee this week during a hearing on FAA reauthorization, Homendy said the Safety Board “is particularly concerned about the safety of various revenue passenger-carrying operations that are conducted under Part 91.”

She cited as examples certain nonstop commercial air tours, sightseeing flights conducted in helicopters and hot air balloons, parachute jump flights, flight history experience sightseeing flights, glider sightseeing flights, air combat/extreme aerobatic experience flights, and tour flights conducted under the premise of student instruction or training flights.

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