Helicopter Pilots International, Inc., is hereby charged with the duty of establishing, and is hereby granted all powers, rights, duties and functions to carry out, a program of education and instruction for the training of helicopter pilots and to operate a school for such purposes. Said association is hereby authorized and empowered to employ such persons and acquire such real and personal property as is necessary to carry out such a program.
The board of directors of said association shall formulate such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out their functions and duties so long as such rules and regulations do not conflict with the provisions of this chapter or any other act of this state.
Ala. Code § 4-9-3 (1975)