It will take a several teams of lawyers to mill over this latest court ruling.
NOTE - this was a United State District Judge, not some flunky FAA puke or even a DOT turd making the ruling. A ruling not even the President can change.
This was big. Much bigger than anyone has wrapped their heads around. This new definition of ‘commercial’ doesn’t just change the way things are done with Limited and Experimental planes. It changes how time is logged. It changes the ability of a student or private pilot to log flight time during a commercial flight. Yes, even a private pilot biannual is a problem now. It is a commercial operation by the new definition and a private pilot may not act as pilot in command of a commercial flight…
Yes, this is a serious mess.
And the lawyers are drooling…