What Happened
Non-Profit Seeks Relief for Charitable Flight Operators
The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) has filed two federal lawsuits challenging the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) restrictions on volunteer pilots completing charitable flights. The lawsuits, filed on behalf of Wings of Mercy and a volunteer pilot, argue that the FAA’s regulations are based on an improper reading of federal law and its own regulations. The cases cite the Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enters. v. Raimondo, which eliminated Chevron deference and replaced it with a rule requiring agencies to follow the best reading of the statute. The lawsuits were first reported by an unknown source.