Originally Posted by
FH1100 Pilot
Kind of vague, don't you think?
It is, no argument there.
However if you were to advertise a "doors-off" tour and tell the customers that they were free to remove the seatbelt after takeoff and move about the open cabin to take photographs, my guess is that your FAA Inspector would be all over you.
The harness was obviously a risk mitigation and the FAA knew it. Now they're acting shocked.