Legal Opinion
Aviators for Safe & Fairer Regulation, Inc. v. Federal Aviation Administration
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 25, 2000No. 99-1888PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner, Aviators for Safe and Fairer Regulation, Inc. (“Aviators”), is a trade association of about fifty on-demand air charter companies. It brings this case to challenge a so-called notice of enforcement policy issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) that purports to interpret, and to express its intent to enforce, a preexisting regulation governing how much rest pilots or other flight crew-members must get between flight assignments.
Air charter companies furnish “air taxi” service to customers on demand rather than on a scheduled basis. The FAA…
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