B19 Flyer
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Clueless...
You don't have a clue, do you?
I'm using facts, you are using opinion.
3 items highlighted by the FAA in the official NPRM summary.
One of those three was safety.
What is so hard to understand about that?
You're clueless and you gotta stop sniffing that union glue.
B19, you are the one who is cherry-picking from the articles you post, not me. Again, read the WHOLE summary.
Now answer my question: If it was all about safety, why did they modify some of the 135 rules to be more in line with 91K? What, the charter operators were TOO safe? Certain restrictions they had, which could be easily argued to enhance safety, were lifted, such as the need for weather reporting at the destination airport.
So, why change the 135 rules while working on 91K?
The answer is what I've said three freaking times now! It was NEVER about safety! You have yet to post ANY statistics showing that prior to 91K the fracs had a problem with safety. The best you can come up with is "it was a free for all", whatever the heck that was supposed to mean.
It's not rocket science. Research old articles of AIN about the time certain people were calling for more oversight and regulation of the frac industry. Google the name Mark Fruchter. It really won't take you long to see that no one had a problem with the safety culture in the frac world, but a lot of people had a big problem with a perceived inequity of operating rules for fracs vs charter ops. That's why 91K moved the fracs closer to charter restrictions and the new 135 rules moved the charter outfits closer to frac rules.
As I said, the FAA couldn't go shouting to everyone that the new regs were because the charter ops didn't like the 'inequity' between the businesses. So what other reason was there for them to use that would pass muster except for making it about safety?
By the way, I'm not saying some good, and yes, safer things have come from 91K. Prospective rest rules would be a major improvement we can all be glad for. Whatever the reason 91K started, it certainly wasn't all bad.
But make no mistake, there was no NEED to improve safety at the fracs. They were, and still are, the safest mode of transport in the aviation industry.
You don't have a clue, do you?
I'm using facts, you are using opinion.
3 items highlighted by the FAA in the official NPRM summary.
One of those three was safety.
What is so hard to understand about that?
You're clueless and you gotta stop sniffing that union glue.