Part 139 Designation

I know there was some talk earlier in the week about when you need to be Part 139 Certified--note below. I do not see us getting any scheduled service over the next year. If most of our GA activity is for planes with less then 30 passengers, why do we have to be Part 139 Certified? If we were not Pary 139 certified, how much would we save?? Lets hope the Master Plan by Leigh Fisher will lay this out for us...



http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/airport_safety/part139_cert/?p1=what



Part 139 Certification
What is Part 139?

14 CFR Part 139 requires the FAA to issue airport operating certificates to airports that---

• Serve scheduled and unscheduled air carrier aircraft with more than 30 seats;
• Server scheduled air carrier operations in aircraft with more than 9 seats but less than 31 seats; and
  

The FAA Administrator requires to have a certificate. This Part does not apply to airports at which air carrier passenger operations are conducted only because the airport has been designated as an alternate airport.

Airport Operating Certificates serve to ensure safety in air transportation. To obtain a certificate, an airport must agree to certain operational and safety standards and provide for such things as firefighting and rescue equipment. These requirements vary depending on the size of the airport and the type of flights available. The regulation, however, does allow the FAA to issue certain exemptions to airports that serve few passengers yearly and for which some requirements might create a financial hardship