Agency Not Required to Correct Protester’s Misinterpretation of FAA Rules; GAO B-414507, Timberline Helicopters Inc.

Protest challenging the terms of a solicitation for use of a transport helicopter is denied, where the protester misinterpreted FAA regulations about the transport of non-qualified crewmembers on restricted category aircraft, and where the agency was not required to correct the protester’s error, because it provided clear and unambiguous instructions in the RFP on how offerors could meet the solicitation requirements and comply with FAA rules.