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Proposed FAA Penalty Against Aery Aviation Is Withdrawn

Company fought back and elected not to settle

Aery Aviation president Scott Beale — Aery Aviation president Scott Beale is pleased that the FAA has withdrawn a civil penalty letter that would have assessed a proposed $15.7 million.

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

September 25, 2026

The FAA has withdrawn a civil penalty letter issued to Aery Aviation on Dec. 22, 2025 and will not pursue one of the highest-ever proposed penalties for a non-airline operator: $15,744,352.50 covering 431 flights between July 2021 and April 2022 that the FAA alleged were flown with unairworthy airplanes. “After full consideration of the above-referenced case and the evidence presented, we have determined that it is not in the interest of justice to pursue this matter,” the agency’s College Park, Georgia, Aviation Litigation Division, southern team, wrote to Newport News, Virginia-based Aery Aviation on September 14.

The alleged violations related to Aery Aviation’s work flying banner- and target-towing flights in Bombardier Learjets for the U.S. Navy. Aery Aviation president Scott Beale had already responded to the FAA in 2022 about a possible enforcement action, and the FAA said it didn’t need any more information, so he thought the issue was over.

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