# 2025-09287: Helicopter Wildlife Crews Want a Different Kind of Safety Harness

2025-09287, Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Helicopter Wildlife Services, is a Federal Register notice from Transportation Department, Federal Aviation Administration published 2025-05-23; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-22).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-09287
- As of: 2026-10-22
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-09287
- Title: Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Helicopter Wildlife Services
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 22145
- Published: 2025-05-23
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-22

## In one line

Helicopter Wildlife Crews Want a Different Kind of Safety Harness

## Summary

Helicopter Wildlife Services wants permission to use a new kind of safety harness that’s different from the usual rules. This change affects helicopter pilots and passengers involved in wildlife work, aiming to improve safety and comfort. The public can share their thoughts by June 9, 2025, but no money changes are mentioned yet.

## Abstract

This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, the FAA's exemption process. Neither publication of this notice nor the inclusion nor omission of information in the summary is intended to affect the legal status of the petition or its final disposition.

## Effects PRIA read

- Exemption Request for New Harness: benefit, low. Helicopter Wildlife Services asked the FAA for permission to be exempted from 14 CFR §91.108(c)(2) so it can use a supplemental restraint system (SRS) that has a torso-wrapping harness and a lanyard that attaches to an FAA-approved airframe attachment point or points, keeping the individual's torso…

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## Sources
- [2025-09287 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/23/2025-09287/petition-for-exemption-summary-of-petition-received-helicopter-wildlife-services)
- [2025-09287 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-23/pdf/2025-09287.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-09287 (as of 2026-10-22).