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This issue is whether the distributor was one of the ones agreeing. It is through the distributors that this might cover all of California. Fortunately, California is a narrow state so Nevada and Arizona FBO's on or near the border should do well.

Federal preemption covers civil law, court rulings, state laws, you name. That is why it is the Supremacy Clause. A consent decree is also limited to the parties to the original suit, no one else. Therein lies the rub. There are about 26 FBO's who have agreed not to sell 100LL when lead free...

Seems like this is an issue that is governed by the FAA and hence the Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution should preempt this action.

Lots of folks use "deiced" and "FIKI" interchangeable as many pilots are not terribly clear on the difference.

They are not FIKI, but so what? It is not as if they couldn't pass the test, Piper just elected not to spend the money to certify them. An Aztec will carry ice better than most light FIKI aircraft.

Aztec!

I am hopeful that the result will be a middle ground, which is as it should be, IMO. From what I have read about the oral arguments, there seems to be four justices willing to take a meat ax to Chevron, but it seems that Barrett may be on the fence. Hopefully, a compromise will be the result...

That was the big case I was thinking of, but couldn't remember its name. The more I think about it, the more I think that there is merit to the approach of requiring the agency to publish its interpretation and rationale before it receives any deference. Otherwise, the court's should treat...

Reads to me like the failure of the non-critical engine could not be controlled for lack of rudder authority due to the inadequate cable tension and then perhaps subsequent rudder flutter.

It was generally seen as a conservative decision at the time.

Like you, I have serious doubts that SCOTUS will throw out Chevron entirely. I also think that some trimming would be beneficial. I am aware of cases where the FAA basically interpreted the regulation ex post facto and applied it to some situation and putative miscreant. It seems to me that...

It may have, perhaps mid-year. Might also be that Cessna starts producing the next model year, in the later months of the previous year, like the automakers do, and some aircraft manufacturers do, i.e. Piper.

FIKI for the 310R started about 1978. IIRC, the FIKI birds also had a boot on the vertical fin, where the earlier "deiced" birds did not.

Navajo is a very ice capable airplane. I have flown the PA-31-310 over the Great Lakes for hundreds of hours and Chieftains in SE Alaska. Sorry to say for AK bragging rights, the icing was worse in the UP of Michigan. The birds I flew in Michigan were not technically FIKI birds, though they...

I question the "expertise" that these judges have. Take for example Judge Woody who handle the northeast. He primary qualification is that he was an Air Force JAG officer. I doubt that he had much exposure to civil aviation in that capacity. At least he could probably spell "aileron", but...

Still kicking! Managed to circle back to the place it all started as life finds me on the same field where I learned to fly, nearly 45 years ago.

It would do my heart good if the law recognized the need for due process when the "privilege" that they are adjudicating has massive financial implications. It is all well and good to say that flying is a privilege that does not get the due process protections you get if your freedom is on the...

The TC holder Service Manual is only acceptable data, not "approved" data. Minor repairs and alterations only require acceptable data.

Juan Browne (Blancolirio) reported that the pilot had thousands of hours, yet his flying was abysmal. I have to wonder if the toxicology report will come up with CO or some other impairment.

Piper was in love with screws back in those days. I don't know how mechanics did it before cordless screwdrivers came along. There is definitely an opportunity for an owner to save a few shekels on the annual by being a screwdriver jockey. But they are a great plane. I have a PA-30C which I...