Original Message

You comply with 135 because it is a SAFETY requirement.   But, you also claim the ECONOMIC benefit of being a commercial operator when you really are a public operator.   You are competing against commerical operators in air ambulance air commerce with a huge UNFAIR COMPETATIVE ADVANTANGE!

How can it be an unfair competative advantage, you might be wondering?   Well, you are a commercial operator, who has NO COMPETITION because you have MON0P0LY power over your air commerce.  There is no competition!   You won't allow it.   Yet, you pretend to be a commercial operator collecting compensation for hire (air ambulance services).

"Taxpayer money isn't an open check", you boast.   And, none of your legitimate commerical operators have access to that recource!   Only you, the public operator!