The business aviation community — anyone operating aircraft ranging from multi-engine business jets down to single-engine piston airplanes under either the Federal Aviation Administration’s (“FAA’s”) noncommercial rules (as found at 14 CFR part 91 — usually referred to as “Part 91”) or the FAA’s on-demand commercial air taxi rules (as found at 14 CFR part 135, or “Part 135”) — faces a broad range of issues over the coming year.
Three issues that could be of particular interest to follow are the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, the looming deadline for implementation of the FAA’s Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (“ADS-B”) Out requirements, and growing concerns over illegal charter operations.
