Petition for Exemption by HALO Flight, Inc.
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This notice addresses HALO Flight, Inc.'s request to allow their certified pilots, who are not mechanics, to perform certain limited maintenance tasks on aircraft in remote locations without maintenance personnel. The pilots would be permitted to execute basic maintenance activities, and they would need to make appropriate logbook entries to record this work.
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Key Changes
- Allows HALO Flight pilots to perform limited maintenance without being mechanics.
- Pilots can conduct basic maintenance at remote locations.
- Pilots are permitted to make required logbook entries for maintenance.
Obligations
What this law requires
Submit comments on HALO Flight, Inc.'s exemption petition identifying the docket number FAA-2025-4749 by May 4, 2026
HALO Flight, Inc. certificated pilots performing limited maintenance must make required logbook entries to record the maintenance work performed
HALO Flight, Inc. certificated pilots may only perform the following limited maintenance tasks: replace defective safety wiring or cotter keys, replenish hydraulic fluid in the hydraulic reservoir, replace and service batteries, and remove, check, and replace magnetic chip detectors
HALO Flight, Inc. certificated pilots performing maintenance must not be mechanics and may only perform this work at remote locations away from maintenance personnel
Comments submitted must be received by the FAA on or before May 4, 2026