If you are a flight instructor and you train students, you need to be aware of the Transportation Security Administration’s Flight Training Security Program (“FTSP”). The FTSP was created in…
Author: Gregory J. Reigel, Esq
Greg Reigel is an attorney with Shackelford, McKinley & Norton, LLP, and represents clients throughout the country in aviation and business law matters. He has more than three decades of experience working with airlines, charter companies, fixed base operators, airports, repair stations, pilots, mechanics, and other aviation businesses in aircraft purchase and sales transactions, regulatory compliance including hazmat and drug and alcohol testing, contract negotiations, airport grant assurances, airport leasing, aircraft-related agreements, wet leasing, dry leasing, and FAA certificate and civil penalty actions. He is also Board Certified in Aviation Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. For assistance, call 214-780-1482, email: greigel@shackelford.law, Twitter @reigellaw www.shackelford.law
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Successfully completing a check-ride and obtaining an airman certificate are just the beginning. As a pilot, continuing education and learning is essential to ensure that operations are conducted safely and…
AVIATION LAW – ON YOUR SIDE: FAA To Permit Withholding Of Private Aircraft Owners’ Information
If you own an aircraft, you are likely aware that the name and address of aircraft owners has been publicly available on FAA’s Aircraft Registration Branch website. This has now…
AVIATION LAW – ON YOUR SIDE: FAA Aircraft Registration Updates
When Congress passed the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, Section 546 of that act required the FAA to upgrade the Civil Aviation Registry (the “Registry”). The upgrades are to include:…
Understanding Experimental Aircraft Limitations
Are you considering purchasing or do you own an aircraft with an experimental airworthiness certificate? If so, it is important that you understand the limitations that go along with that…