Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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Six aviation groups—including NBAA, GAMA, NATA, and HAI—are jointly questioning the FAA’s basis for <a href="https://bit.ly/3ONqPWs">proposed revisions</a> to requirements for on-demand air carriers operating Department of Transportation (DOT)-authorized public charter operations under DOT Part 380. The FAA Notice of Intent (NOI) suggests potential revisions to the regulatory definitions of “on-demand operation,” “supplemental operation,” and “scheduled operation” under FAR Part 110, which governs Part 135 public charter carriers conducting DOT Part 380 flights.
These FAA regulations govern the operations of air carriers, while DOT Part 380 regulations address economic authority for those offering public charters. Current regulations allow a Part 380 operator to work with any air carrier, including on-demand carriers operating under Part 135.
“In putting forward the notice, FAA officials presented a data set pointing to the growth in flights conducted under Part 380 over the past decade as the basis for the agency’s proposed regulatory review,” the groups said. “However, the operational increase has come with no major incidents or accidents under the current regulatory framework, which makes the motive for the FAA’s action unclear.”
NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen noted, “For more than 45 years, Part 380 public charter regulations have allowed for a broad diversity of safe and secure air service options for U.S. consumers. We remain concerned about any action that may disrupt, or even deprive, air service to smaller communities, especially if action were taken without evidence, data, or stakeholder engagement on the adequacy of the existing regulatory framework and the desirability of changes to that framework.”
The groups said the FAA’s move follows concerns expressed by several associations earlier this year about “inaccurate characterizations” of Part 135 operators conducting Part 380 public charter flights in response to SkyWest Airline’s economic application to the agency to launch such an operation. They also expressed concern that changes to public charter regulations could negatively affect on-demand transportation.

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