New Rules on Carriage of Political Candidates Affect Part 91 Operators
Feb 11, 2008 :: NBAA Update...As NBAA reported last year, the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 changed the law with regard to carriage of candidates for election and other campaign travelers. The new law requires that presidential, vice presidential and senate campaigns must reimburse the person or company providing the flight at the charter rate for flights on aircraft operated under Part 91. In addition, candidates for the House of Representatives and others traveling on behalf of House campaigns generally are prohibited from travel on aircraft that are not operated under a commercial air carrier certificate. The Federal Election Commission is in the process of updating its regulations to reflect this act. Operators who are asked to carry political candidates are encouraged to review a new NBAA Member resource that explains the current regulatory environment at:
http://web.nbaa.org/member/ops/taxes/carriage/wieand.php
