Gretchen Whitmer's Florida trip: company that flew governor not authorized for charter flights, FAA says

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is facing a new round of questions about a much-criticized trip to Florida after revelations that the air travel company she chartered for the flight wasn't actually authorized to perform charter flights.

revealing Air Eagle, LLP – the air travel company that Whitmer chartered to visit her father in Florida – was not authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration to give charter flights.

Cory confirmed in an email to the Free Press that the plane Whitmer took"is not on a 135 certificate and Air Eagle does not have a Part 135 certificate." Retired FAA Inspector Larry Williams told the paper that aircraft owners are allowed to bus them and their friends around for free under a Part 91 certificate but that any other passenger required the Part 135 certification.

Charter flights require more rigorous training for pilots among other stringent prerequisites to do their business, such as the Part 135 certificate. Other air travel companies have a Part 91 certificate, according to Cory.Michigan Republican Party communications director Ted Goodman told Fox News on Monday that the report was"concerning," but"not surprising."

 

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