Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Operation Migration Back In The Air From: Helen Woods

Thanks for the good news.

It's nice to see our Oklahoma Bureaucrats have some flexibility.

For awhile there I was worried those birds would be stuck
in Alabama forever.
(the lead bird was overheard saying, "just shoot us why don't you")

Mike
;-)

> Posted by: "Helen Woods" Helen_Woods@verizon.net
>
> Operation Migration Back In The Air
>
> /By Mary Grady
> The FAA has reversed its recent decision to ground the pilots of
> Operation Migration, and will allow them to finish a flight leading
> whooping crane chicks to Florida from Michigan, The New York Times
>
> reported on Monday. The birds were grounded
>
> in Alabama last week after the FAA couldn't resolve a question about
> whether the flights, which are led by pilots flying trikes, violate
> rules regarding paid pilots. That issue, however, remains unresolved.
> The FAA said on Monday it is granting a "one-time exemption" so the
> flight can be completed, and then "will work with Operation Migration to
> develop a more comprehensive, long-term solution."
>
> "The issue in question is whether or not OM's pilots are flying 'for
> hire,'" wrote David Sakrison, director of Operation Migration, at the
> organization's blog
> . "OM aircraft are
> licensed as Light Sport Aircraft. ... FAA regulations prohibit flying
> LSAs for hire or as part of business activities." Sakrison said that OM
> has always maintained that "its pilots are hired for a wide range of
> non-flying skills and duties, and that they volunteer their time as
> pilots." In 2010, Sakrison said, the FAA FSDO in Milwaukee "investigated
> the status of OM's flight operations and accepted OM's explanation." Joe
> Duff, also writing at the Operation Migration blog, added that questions
> were raised about whether the trike pilots could fly for hire when they
> lack commercial ratings. Neither the FAA nor Operation Migration has
> said who complained to the FAA about the flights and set off the
> investigation that led to last week's grounding, according to the Times.
> Duff said the birds have been resting since the delay and are "doing fine."

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