by Alan Armstrong | Jul 9, 2014 | Airpool, Corporations, FAA, Legal
FAA REBUFFS AMBITIONS OF AIRPOOLER The Ambitions of AirPooler, Inc. AirPooler sponsors a website that connects pilots and passengers to save money over commercial fares with pilots saving money on the operation of their aircraft. Before the founders of AirPooler set...
by Alan Armstrong | Jun 9, 2013 | 135 Operation, Air Taxi Operations, FAA, NTSB
THE DEFENSE OF AN AIRMAN IN ALLEGATIONS OF ILLEGAL 135 OPERATION Perhaps No Area of the Federal Aviation Regulations is More Fraught With Uncertainty and Ambiguity Than Issues Surrounding Alleged Illegal Air Taxi Operations The case of Administrator v. Fulop, 6 NTSB...
by Alan Armstrong | May 10, 2013 | Companies, FAA, Flight Department, Legal
THE HAZARDS OF OPERATING FLIGHT DEPARTMENT COMPANIES Scope of the Inquiry Flight department companies are routinely employed as subsidiaries of parent corporations or holding companies. These flight department companies, financed by the parent corporations or holding...
by Alan Armstrong | Sep 10, 2012 | FAA, Legal, NTSB, PBR
On August 3, 2012, the President signed into law the Pilots’ Bill of Rights as Public Law 112-153 (the “PBR” or “Act”). Now that the PBR has become law, it is appropriate to look forward and speculate about the extent to which the Act will have any impact on precedent...