Understanding Pilot Privileges – Know Your Limitations
Kent S. Jackson February 1, 2022
Pilots don’t the privileges and limitations of their certificates are separate and distinct from operational rules required to conduct a flight.
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Federal Excise Tax Changes For Charter
Kent S. Jackson March 11, 2021
Effective January 19, 2021, new tax regulations clarify how the charter industry should address the Commercial Aviation Federal Excise Tax (“FET”) with managed aircraft. The new regulations will give the charter industry a new sales tool: charter flights for owners in their own aircraft will not be subject to FET.
Will 2021 Change the Business Aviation Tax Code?
Kent S. Jackson March 11, 2021
“No bucks, no Buck Rogers.” This quote from The Right Stuff neatly sums up the interrelationship between business aviation and the tax code. Many years ago, Bob Dole was a Senator from the airplane-building State of Kansas. Senator Dole was a commanding presence in the Senate, particularly when it came
Tail-End Fatigue and Why Part 135 Needs Enforceable Rest & Duty Regulations
Kent S. Jackson March 11, 2021
Preventing tail-end fatigue accidents is an important reason for new rest requirements and regulations for charter operators under FAR Part 135 for a Part 91 repositioning flight at the end of the day.
Base Inspections for Part 91 Flight Departments
Kent S. Jackson April 14, 2020
The FAA is Coming For years the FAA’s lack of budget dictated cut backs on “non-essential travel” to places like: airports. Budget cutbacks also resulted in Flight Standards Offices (formerly known as FSDOs, or GADOs if you are older) migrating from convenient airport office buildings to cheaper office parks that are
NTSB Accident Investigations
Kent S. Jackson February 20, 2020
The NTSB Investigates, It Doesn’t Enforce The National Transportation Safety Board is unique within the massive federal organization chart. One might expect to find it next to the FAA among the “subsidiaries” of the Department of Transportation. The NTSB was originally established in 1967, but in 1974, Congress reestablished the
Back into the Fireswamp
Kent S. Jackson February 20, 2020
Rewriting FAR Part 135 Rest & Duty In one of my favorite movie scenes, a swashbuckling pirate is about to lead the beautiful princess into a dark morass of vegetation. The princess stops short and says, “We can’t go in there! It’s the Fireswamp! We will never come out alive!”
Bad Behavior in the Back
Kent S. Jackson February 20, 2020
If You See Something, Say Something(?) TSA signs at the airport decree If You See Something, Say Something! But once you take your seat in the cockpit, the Non-Disclosure Agreement (“NDA”) that you signed when you were hired decrees that what happens in the cabin, stays in the cabin. There
Contract Pilots
Kent S. Jackson February 20, 2020
Taking the Long View on Short Term Solutions Contract Pilots Taking the Long View on Short Term Solutions With more business aircraft pilots joining the scheduled carriers, the importance and appeal of temporary contract pilots is gaining attention. What are the operational, insurance and legal considerations for these pilots and
Scheduled On-Demand Charter
Kent S. Jackson February 20, 2020
Charter by the Seat? You find a complex variety of buying options within the FAR Part 135 charter. Some of the variations seem to cross over into scheduled operations. For example, if you buy an “empty leg” of an existing charter, is that a scheduled flight? How can you possibly
