Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&amp;P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.

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The Department of Transportation is planning to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking later this year covering the activities of air charter brokers, according to NBAA. “Over the past years, NBAA has urged the DOT to take regulatory action to further clarify the role of the air charter broker and codify an indirect air carrier status for air charter brokers.” The DOT has been promising to take action against charter brokers for many years, but this would be the first rulemaking to address the issue. In 2004 the DOT issued a notice to the industry, warning that it planned to enforce regulations that it believed were being violated. “The purpose of this notice,” the DOT wrote, “is to provide guidance regarding the lawful role of air charter brokers (i.e., entities, including persons, that link prospective charter customers with direct air carriers) in the provision of air transportation.”

Touching Bases: DOT plans rulemaking to clarify role of charter brokers

The Department of Transportation is planning to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking later this year covering the activities of air charter brokers

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