Maloney probes enforcement of 1000-foot seaplane rule
Fredrickson says DOC NYC contacts operators after the fact; if there is no valid safety reason, penalties are possible; EDC oversees.
And is that 1,000 feet from the pier or from the shoreline?
My understanding based on the reading is from the shoreline.
And what are some of the circumstances where that is shortened and how would you validate that the pilot took off less than a thousand feet in an instance where it was approved?
Who does that approval?
So it would be after the fact where the Doc NYC would contact the seaplane operator and try to understand it.
Was there a specific reason for that?
And if there wasn't,
a valid safety reason, then we would look at potential penalties there.
So DOC NYC is entirely responsible for the enforcement of this 1,000-foot rule?
Yes, but through oversight of the EDC as well.
And do you have a sense of how often an operator has violated that rule and what the consequences were?
I don't have that information, but I can follow up.
Follow up with that?
Yeah.