Revised Rules

[jayh...@bellsouth.net]

Hello All…..Check your inbox for the “NEW” Revised Rules and Regulations. There is a 10 Day public period during which the Airport Authority will entertain comments. read it close, it affects every one of us!

[Bob Walden]

Yep... They're attempting to sneak in their made-up smoke oil restriction...

4.3 STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE MATERIALS
No person may store flammable liquids, gases, or related materials in a manner that violates the fire or
life safety codes of the City of Peachtree City and/or applicable National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA) codes.
The storage of paint thinners, fuels, petroleum-based fluids (including smoke oil/fuel oil), or other volatile
materials in hangars is prohibited unless placed in an approved storage cabinet, approved safety can, or
in a location specifically authorized by Airport Management that meets all applicable fire and life safety
codes and airport policies.

On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 9:37 AM 'jayh...@bellsouth.net' via FalconRV-List <falcon...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Hello All…..Check your inbox for the “NEW” Revised Rules and Regulations.  There is a 10 Day public period during which the Airport Authority will entertain comments.  read it close, it affects every one of us!

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[Greg Reese]

No surprise.  What’s the coordinated response?

Greg

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[John McClanahan]

That prohibition against intersection takeoffs needs to go IMO.  Ridiculous.

Many of us are flying airplanes that need only a few hundred feet of runway to takeoff.  So taxiing all the way to the end wastes fuel, creates pollution, and contributes to congestion.

Delta Air Lines uses intersection takeoffs when it’s advantageous so what gives here?  Who comes up with stuff like this?

It seems we should try and get that dropped.

My two cents -

John McClanahan

On May 5, 2026, at 9:36 AM, 'jayh...@bellsouth.net' via FalconRV-List <falcon...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

[Chuck]

SMOKE OIL MSDS

I do not show with the msds that it is flammable 

"NA" (Not Applicable/Available) for LEL and UEL usually indicates a substance is non-flammable, not a gas, or has no designated ignition range under standard conditions. If for a liquid, it likely has a very high flash point (>199.4°F/93°C) and is not classified as flammable

Just something for you guys to use to back you up.

Good luck.  If you have issues you can store it at my griffin hangar until the Gestapo raids us.

CHUCK KERSCHER
SPLIT OAK CONTRACTING INC.
678-618-8646 cell

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[John P.]

I am meeting with the fire marshal on Thursday to discuss the information he provided to the airport authority months ago.  It has taken months to get an appointment set up with him.  I will be discussing smoke oil and fuel storage, as well as trash can requirements, etc.  I will also be going over the proposed rules.  Some of you have already caught some of the things I noticed on a quick once through.

Some things I noticed.  Look at them like a lawyer, or someone with no common sense.  If not clear it can be used against you.

Look at the definition of Vehicle.  Why would this not include aircraft?    Needs to specify that it does not apply to aircraft.

They are modifying current FAA guidance in many areas.

1.2 H  Does this apply to building maintenance?

1.3 A  Penalties  Fines and civil penalties?  Will the airport authority fine us if they claim we violated one of their rules?  

1.10  Security  Only one vehicle through the gate at a time.  Gate must open and close for each vehicle.  What if you are escorting a vehicle?  

1.10  Security  The whole airport is defined as a restricted area.  This says anyone must obtain approval before entering.  Poorly written.

2.2A  Rules of operation.  10 MPH speed limit, except for airport authority employees.

2.2B  All vehicles shall pass to the rear of taxing aircraft.  Good most of the time but not always the best course of action.  But as written it gives you no other choice.

2.2G  Is an airplane a vehicle?  By their definition of vehicle it is.

2.2H  Same definition problem.  

2.5   Why so restrictive?  I cannot wax my car while it is parked on the ground I lease in front of my hangar?

2.6 D,E  Need to look at the latest guidance from the FAA.  Is this overly restrictive?

3.1 C  So I have to have chocks in before I start the engine since I do not have a parking brake?  Then I would also have someone to pull the chocks next to the spinning propeller. 

3.4 A  To whom and where will this report be provided?   Talk to your aviation attorney first.

3.5   The AOA is anything inside the fence per their definition.  This included inside your hangars.  So if my aircraft is non-airworthy inside my hangar I have to remove it?  I doubt this is what they meant but it is what they wrote.

3.6  So If a friend ask me to help him work on an aircraft can I do that the way this is written?  I do not think so.  This would also prevent  non-owners from conducting the FAA allowed pilot preventive maintenance task for aircraft that they operate. 

3.11  Do you always have your plane chocked?  What about in your hangar?

3.12   What does demonstrations entail?  What do they consider unusual?

3.14A  All take offs and landings should be made over unpopulated areas.  The FAA regulates takeoffs and landings.    They are opening a can of worms.  What happens when there are people on the lake or int he park?  What about when they develop the west side?

3.14E.1  How often is there a slight tailwind but rwy 31 is being used?  Why are non-pilots making decisions for pilots?

           2.  No intersection takeoffs?  What about formation takeoffs?  They are often not from the end due to multiple aircraft on the runway at once.

           3.  What is safe?  So they get to decide?

           4.  The FAA already has guidance on this.  This is opening Pandora's box.  Non-pilots get to make decisions about pattern ops.  Remember, our leases can be terminated for violating airport rules, even if the rules are wrong.

           6.  I am often above TPA before the end of the rwy.  What about IFR departures where I have specific ATC instructions to the contrary?  On 31 this will often take aircraft right over the park and people on the lake.  Why is this needed?

3.14.F.2  Aircraft may not taxi faster than 9 knots, 10MPH.  Let pilots decide what is an appropriate taxi speed.  

          .5  Aircraft shall stop at the taxiway hold lines for the runway in use.  Often yes but there are plenty of times when I do not stop here.  I certainly clear before entering the runway.  Formations often have a continuous flow onto the runway with every plane clearing final before taking the runway.  Stopping would disrupt the flow and takeoff spacing.  Again, non-pilots making decisions for pilots without understanding the issues.

4.3  RE the storage of fuels, smoke oil etc in hangars.  This is way more restrictive than I believe the NFPA guidance calls for.  Hopefully my discussion with the fire marshal will bear fruit.  Even if it does, the airport authority can make up any rules they want, even though the board president said they did not want to make artificial restrictions, which these rules are full of.

4.5  Metal receptacles with self closing lids are expensive.  I don't find this requirement in the NFPA books for typical combustible trash.  It may be required for items contaminated with oil or other flammable or combustible liquids.  What does the airport have in their big hangars?

5.1 A  So now we have to have approval to store, dispense, or transfer fuel, as this is written.  So besides the one five gallon can of gas they currently allow, realize this would apply to engine oil and brake fluid, hydraulic fluid, spray lube, etc, all petroleum products, as well. How would this approval work?  Is it individually for each operation? Is a it a blanket approval?  If blanket then what function does it serve?

5.1.C  So to put auto gas into a plane you have to have an STC?  I do not have and cannot get an STC for an experimental, many of which are perfectly fine with auto gas.  What about Rotax engines?  They cannot run on avgas and use Autogas.  In certified aircraft they do not have STC's for autogas as they were certified with it.  The lack of understanding continues.  

5.1  Various  Much of this was written for fueling from trucks or large tanks, but as written it would still apply to five gallon cans.  How do you meet the bonding requirement with a plastic 5 gallon can?  

5.1.M  Spills.  Spills are often defined by quantity such as more than 5 gallons or a puddle more than 10 feet across, etc.  It is not defined here.  Is two drops a spill?  

5.2   Five gallon limit.  Waiting fire marshal discussion.  Why the 5 gallon limit on the apron?  Is this per plane?  So a Rotax guy can only bring in 5 gallons per trip?

6.4  The whole airport is part of the AOA.  They way it is written it makes no mention of hangars., only apron areas.  Probably not what they meant but what they wrote.

6.11  Note that they call for open flame 50 feet from fueling.  In the fuel section it specifies 100 feet.  So much for proof reading.  Did they just make up numbers?  I am sure NFPA has a number.

6.12  I sis 50 feet or is it 100 feet?

6.13  Where is the requirement for a covered can coming from?  Does this apply to hangars as well as the FBO and business offices?  I suspect they are talking about outdoor containers but it does not say this.

6.28  Who has to conduct FOD walks int he high-traffic areas?  Very poorly written and overstepping bounds/authority.

7.5  Do we have to obtain permission to have a hangar party?

That is what I found on a quick once through.  Remember, you cannot use common sense when reading rules like this.  What they write and approve will become law and can be used against you.  "I didn't think they would do that" will not save you.

V/R,

John

  

 

On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 9:37 AM 'jayh...@bellsouth.net' via FalconRV-List <falcon...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Hello All…..Check your inbox for the “NEW” Revised Rules and Regulations.  There is a 10 Day public period during which the Airport Authority will entertain comments.  read it close, it affects every one of us!

[John P.]

P.S.  Please do not copy my notes and send them to the airport authority.  Poking them in the eye will not get us anywhere.

John

[Robin Maiden]

Not an attorney... and just a question...

If the FAA deems intersection takeoffs as a safe and normal operation, how can the airport authority enforce tighter restrictions?  How are transient pilots to know this "rule?" Will it be notamed that way?

In situations like this, I like to take things to the extreme... I would propose some additional arbitrary rules:

• No takeoffs with more than a 2.73 knot tailwind.
• No downwinds closer than 1.27 miles.  Airport Authority will monitor this via ADSB.
• No more than 25 degrees of bank in the traffic pattern.  Airport Authority will monitor turn radii via ADSB.  
• Additional radio calls in the blind:
• Leaving parking spot
• Which way you will be turning at each parking area intersection
• When stopped at the departure end, announce Estimated Time of Completion of Before Takeoff Checks (ETOCOBTC).
• Announce when you shutdown your engine(s) while in line holding short of the departure runway.
• Make courtesy radio calls for aircraft in the pattern that do not have electrical systems nor radios. 

tailwinds,

--- Robin Maiden
404-790-6269

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Hello All…..Check your inbox for the “NEW” Revised Rules and Regulations.  There is a 10 Day public period during which the Airport Authority will entertain comments.  read it close, it affects every one of us!

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[Jim Flock]

I think the next one is on the 19^th.

 

 

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From: ffc...@googlegroups.com <ffc...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Dan Kornacki
Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 1:13 PM
To: Robin Maiden <Ro...@robinmaiden.com>
Cc: jayh...@bellsouth.net; RV Group Falcon <falcon...@googlegroups.com>; Owners And tenants Falcon <ffc...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Revised Rules

 

Is there an Airport Authority meeting this evening?  If so Im unable to attend 

Karnac

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On May 5, 2026, at 12:16, Robin Maiden <Ro...@robinmaiden.com> wrote:



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[Joseph Subits]

Robin,

I believe that Falcon receives Federal Grant money each year for the maintenance and some improvements to the airport assets. With that, airports typically have a very difficult time changing anything in the aircraft operations areas or the airspace associated with the airport, without approval from the FAA. Thus, I can’t see the Airport Authority trying to dictate anything related to intersection departures without FAA approval. The non-operations ramp areas are a different matter. 

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