FAA Must Pay in Lost Case Against Corporate Pilots

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From AINMxReports (http://www.ainalerts.com/mxr/091008_PF.html)

AINMxReports said:
The NTSB’s chief administrative law judge on September 3 ordered the FAA to pay $12,475 in attorney fees and expenses to two pilots, whom the Agency had accused of operating an unairworthy Learjet 60, and the FAA subsequently withdrew its suspension of the pilot’s airline transport pilot certificates. The FAA, which had initiated an enforcement action in March, based its determination of the airplane’s unairworthiness on the removal of a divan and installation of a non-operational ELT.
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More at the above link.

Cheers,

-Andrew
 
The divan removal was documented in the aircraft’s logbooks and weight-and-balance paperwork, and was done based on approval by an Albuquerque, N.M., FAA inspector. Despite that approval, Teterboro, N.J. FAA inspectors decided that the removal required a supplemental type certificate, not just a log entry.
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An STC to remove a seat?

Well, if they can do it to Bob Hoover...
 
Proof the FAA is not just on different pages but apparently different books.
 
Goes to prove that the FSDO has no "standard" between districts.
There is no FAA "standard"..
wait.. there is a standard.. they all agree to disagree.
 
Now, if they'd only impose penalties against DHS when their errors (or watch-list errors) cause folks to lose employment or otherwise are otherwise cost money......

No accountability at all.
 
BillTIZ said:
Goes to prove that the FSDO has no "standard" between districts.
There is no FAA "standard"..
wait.. there is a standard.. they all agree to disagree.
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The brother of a pilot friend works for the FAA, in a FSDO. The brother says their motto is, "We're not happy until you're not happy."

Seems about right.
 
Billy Pilot said:
The brother of a pilot friend works for the FAA, in a FSDO. The brother says their motto is, "We're not happy until you're not happy."

Seems about right.
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That's a common one but since the new safety team changes my favorite is...

"We're the new FAA Safety Team. We've upped our standards so up yours."

Actually, if there's one really great part of the FAA, it is the safety teams I've encountered at the FSDOs. The guy back in Atlanta was very active in seeking out the needs of pilots and helping provide whatever means available in improving safety in GA as well as the commercial side. It's the one area the FAA and AOPA truly stand in solidarity in favor of helping the pilots.

Billy, welcome to the board!
 
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