Safety is paramount with the FAA and it is the primary issue that the FAA scrutinizes with respect to Part 91 and 135 operators. Owner/operators are in position – and arguably have an obligation – to set the tone when it comes to operational safety. The entity chosen to manage the aircraft, whether for charter [...]
Hundreds of articles have been written about dry leases and their potential pitfalls with respect to operational control and FAA regulatory compliance, but are dry leases of aircraft truly always bad? Since this article is written by a lawyer, the answer is, of course, “it depends”. Obviously, dry leases that are thinly veiled attempts to [...]
To register an aircraft (or maintain registration of an aircraft already registered) in the United States (i.e., N-registration), the aircraft must be either (1) owned by a “citizen of the United States,” (2) owned by an individual citizen of a foreign country who has been lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States, (3) [...]
A view from the Tee Box at Hole 6 at Langdon Farms Golf Course in Aurora, OR Aero Law Group is proud to support the Pacific Northwest Business Aviation Association (PNBAA) and, for the past fifteen years, our favorite way to support PNBAA is by participating in their annual golf tournament. Not only [...]
Kevin Austin went to work in the aviation industry nearly 50 years ago running tours, mopping floors and emptying garbage cans at Boeing’s 747 manufacturing facility while going to school at night. He later negotiated aircraft purchase agreements with the world’s airlines. He then attended Stanford Law School and Stanford’s Graduate School of Business where [...]
Aircraft owners looking for unique structures to operate their aircraft under Part 91 may be enticed by some of the exemptions carved out under 14 C.F.R. §91.501, such as time-sharing agreements, interchange agreements, and joint ownership agreements. However, the provisions of 91.501 are only available to owners of aircraft weighing more than 12,500 pounds or [...]
On May 19, 2023, Greensboro, North Carolina-based fractional aircraft program operator Jet It ceased all operations of its Honda Jet aircraft. The HondaJet is a light-jet aircraft seating up to six passengers and features a unique design where its engines (developed jointly by Honda and GE) are mounted—not on the fuselage—but on pylons mounted on [...]
When Aero Law Group attorney Cheryl Kringle is not advising the firm on internal legal and business affairs, she is busy serving on the Board of Trustees for Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center, “a community where horses transform the bodies, minds, and spirits of people with disabilities.” Cheryl became involved with the organization after gaining [...]
More than two million corporations and limited liability companies are created in the United States every year. Only a handful of these entities are subject to public disclosure of details of their activities, either for the protection of investors or as part of regulating particular industries. Concerned that most U.S. states do not require reporting [...]
Recently our firm has reviewed numerous “dry” leases for aircraft which would likely be considered illegal part 135 charter operations, and not part 91 dry leases. Operators which engage in illegal air charter expose themselves to FAA and civil liability, as well as negate their insurance coverage, and expose their air crew to FAA certificate [...]
