[mymuss]

Ok I'm going to agree that Flytenow's operation obviously fails the duck test, no sure what they were hoping for. In fact I met with one of the founders when they started and told him no way it was going to fly (pun intended) with the current FAA regulations.

But is the current regulation reasonable? So a private pilot putting 3 pax in the back of his 1956 Skylane on Angel Flight is ok but the same pilot taking people up to circle around their neighborhood is suddenly dangerous? Ah no it perfectly safe if they just smiled and walked away after the flight. But if they offered to chip in for the fuel then they were well into the "danger zone" right?

The way FAA regulates commercial air transport is outdated and harmful for businesses. Here is another example. A 10000 hours commercial pilot who happened to own a brand new twin cannot take paying passengers, that according to the FAA is dangerous. But a 500 hours 18 year old kid with a wet ink on his commercial license taking 10 pax in a beat up C402 is just fine. What's the difference between the two? The latter works for a company that paid slightly over a million dollars to the FAA for the part 135 certificate.

I'm sorry but this regulation makes no sense.