A south Florida fight school is facing a $382,000 civil fine from federal officials who say it used unqualified pilots and conducted more than two dozen illegal flights over the course of at least three years.
Sarasota Flight School Issued $382,000 FAA Penalty
Key Takeaways:
- Universal Flight Training in Sarasota faces a $382,000 civil fine from the FAA for conducting at least 26 illegal paid passenger flights between October 2015 and February 2019.
- The FAA alleges the flight school operated these flights without the required operating or air carrier certificates and utilized pilots who had not completed necessary training and competency checks.
- The fine against Universal Flight Training is one of several recent actions by the FAA to penalize companies for illegal operations.
- Other recent fines include penalties against charter flight operators Slice of the 406 LLC and 82 and Sunny LLC, Interstate Helicopters, and Indy Jet Management LLC for similar violations involving unauthorized flights and unqualified pilots.
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