Originally Posted by
KiwiNedNZ
I have a call into the FAA person so will see what they tell me also
Unfortunately, regardless what any FAA person tells you, the final decision on what harness can be used in an N reg aircraft will fall to the owner/operator who operates the aircraft.
Individual FAA opinions can be different within the same FSDO let alone from different states. All emergency orders (except ADs) have to go through a defined process before that order becomes a permanent rule. And this would include public comment. So there still is more to come.
However, even after the permanent rule is adopted, I would doubt any operator would allow a pax to supply any required safety equipment that is not under the operators OpSpec inspection program or controlled/supplied by the owner/operator as all other equipment currently is.
But we need to see how this works out first.