NY State Senate Bill 2019-S8156

Senate Bill S8156

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring helicopter pilots to have completed certain training before operating a helicopter within the state

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2019-S8156 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §241, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S3930
2023-2024: S4652

2019-S8156 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires helicopter pilots to have completed a helicopter safety and risk management training course utilizing a flight simulator training device certified by either the federal aviation administration or the European aviation safety agency before operating a helicopter within the state.

2019-S8156 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8156

SPONSOR: KENNEDY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring heli-
copter pilots to have completed certain training before operating a
helicopter within the state

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation would require those who operate helicopters in New York
State to complete a helicopter safety and risk management training
course utilizing a flight simulator training device certified by either
the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or the European aviation safe-
ty agency in addition to any requirements of the FAA.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one adds a new section to the general business law that would
require those who operate helicopters in New York State complete a heli-

copter safety and risk management training course utilizing a flight
simulator training device certified by either the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) or the European aviation safety agency in addition
to any requirements of the FAA.

Section two establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill aims to make the operation of helicopters in New York State
safer. Like any other mode of transportation, from driving a truck to
flying a jet, the safety of helicopter flights often depends on the
preparedness of the operator.

This legislation requires individuals who operate helicopters in New
York State to complete a safety and risk management training course.
Additionally, it requires said course to utilize a flight simulator
training device, which is used to practice flying routines and to repli-
cate abnormal and emergency procedures that would be otherwise impossi-
ble to practice. These devices can help new pilots learn and they can
help experienced pilots sharpen their skills. Comprehensive safety
training can make the difference between life or death, and requiring
individuals who operate helicopters in New York State to complete this
training with a simulator will make New Yorkers safer.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New legislation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
The ninetieth day after it shall have become a law

2019-S8156 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8156
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 13, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring heli-
   copter pilots to have completed certain training  before  operating  a
   helicopter within the state
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 241 of the general business law, as added by  chap-
 ter 233 of the laws of 1928, is amended to read as follows:
   § 241. Qualifications of operator; federal license; HELICOPTER SAFETY.
 1. The public safety requiring, and the advantages of uniform regulation
 making  it  desirable,  in the interest of aeronautical progress, that a
 person engaging within this state in operating aircraft, in any form  of
 avigation  for  which a license to operate aircraft issued by the United
 States government would then be required if such avigation  were  inter-
 state,  should have the qualifications necessary for obtaining and hold-
 ing such a license, it shall be unlawful for any  person  to  engage  in
 operating  aircraft  within  the  state,  in any such form of avigation,
 unless he OR SHE have such a license.
   2. IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
 IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO ENGAGE IN OPERATING A  HELICOPTER
 WITHIN  THE  STATE,  IN ANY SUCH FORM OF AVIGATION, UNLESS HE OR SHE HAS
 COMPLETED A  HELICOPTER  SAFETY  AND  RISK  MANAGEMENT  TRAINING  COURSE
 UTILIZING  A  FLIGHT  SIMULATOR  TRAINING DEVICE CERTIFIED BY EITHER THE
 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OR THE EUROPEAN AVIATION SAFETY AGENCY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15409-01-0

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