Certainty for General Aviation Pilots Act of 2021

Certainty for General Aviation Pilots Act of 2021

This bill deems that individuals who provide flight instruction or testing (including phased testing of experimental aircraft) are not operating an aircraft carrying persons or property for hire. Under current law, individuals must generally obtain a regulatory exemption or other authority to deviate from regulatory requirements to provide compensated flight training or testing.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2458 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2458

 To clarify that individuals engaged in aircraft flight instruction or 
  testing, including phased testing of experimental aircraft, are not 
operating an aircraft carrying persons or property for compensation or 
                                 hire.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 22, 2021

  Mr. Inhofe (for himself, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. King) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To clarify that individuals engaged in aircraft flight instruction or 
  testing, including phased testing of experimental aircraft, are not 
operating an aircraft carrying persons or property for compensation or 
                                 hire.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Certainty for General Aviation 
Pilots Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. FLIGHT INSTRUCTION OR TESTING.

    (a) In General.--A certificated flight instructor providing student 
instruction, flight instruction, or flight training shall not be deemed 
to be operating an aircraft carrying persons or property for 
compensation or hire.
    (b) Authorized Additional Pilots.--An individual acting as an 
authorized additional pilot during Phase I flight testing of aircraft 
holding an experimental airworthiness certificate, in accordance with 
section 21.191 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, and meeting 
the requirements set forth by Federal Aviation Administration 
regulation and policy, shall not be deemed to be operating an aircraft 
carrying persons or property for compensation or hire.
    (c) Use of Aircraft.--An individual who uses, causes to use, or 
authorizes to use aircraft for flights conducted under subsection (a) 
or (b) shall not be deemed to be operating an aircraft carrying persons 
or property for compensation or hire.
    (d) Revision of Rules.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall issue, revise, or repeal the rules, regulations, 
guidance, or procedures of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
conform to the requirements of this section.
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