board. Prospective members must certify that they only transact business with Part 121 or Part 135 operators, or operators that have an international equivalent air carrier certificate for public transportation. Members must further certify that carriers utilized must be in good standing with the DOT and the FAA regarding all operational and safety standards. Members There are currently 22 members: Air Charter Safety Foundation Air Charter Service Air Charter Team Air Partner Air Planning LLC AON ARGUS International, Inc Avinode CharterSearch Desertjet East Coast Air Charter Freedom Air Le Bas International Majestic Jet Paramount Business Jets Premier Charter Network Priority Jet PrivateFly SC Aviation Stratos Jet Charter Services Ultimate Jetcharters Leadership Co-Founder - Scott Bickford (Air Planning) Chairman - Paul McCluskey (Hunt and Plamer USA) President – Richard Zaher (Paramount Business Jets) Vice President – Seth Rothman (Air Partner) Treasurer — Sharon Thomas (Air Planning) Secretary — Kassie Parker (Air Planning) Regulation of the air charter industry As noted by the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), while the FAA closely regulates Part 135 charter operators, air charter brokers are not comprehensively regulated. In the course of their business, brokers encounter a number of federal and state agencies that may have jurisdiction over their business. Air charter brokers currently perform a valuable service for various agencies of the federal government. For example, air charter brokers arrange most of the nation’s immigration and customs enforcement deportations and federal interstate prisoner movements. In general words, the role of air charter brokers is to arrange air transportation. They find a plane and resell its services or vice versa can be done, like first find a customer and then find a plane for the customer. The assumed authority to impose regulatory powers on air charter brokers by the Department of Transportation (DOT) has recently been challenged, by CSI Aviation Services (CSI). Since 2003, CSI has been under contract with the General Services Administration (GSA) to broker air charter service for various federal agencies. On March 10, 2009, CSI won a competitive bid to renew its status as a GSA contractor through 2014. A few days prior, on March 6, the DOT sent CSI a letter requesting information to determine whether the company was engaging in "indirect air transportation" without the certificate of authority required by the Federal Aviation Act. After the company provided the requested information, the DOT stated that they believed CSI was acting