L-39 pilot gets 60 days in jail for low fly by

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Riggs has served time in Hong Kong for passport fraud, according to court documents.

He was also convicted several times in Missouri on wire theft and federal fraud charges, according to the documents.
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I don't understand why this guy was allowed to fly in the first place..
 
Jurors found that Riggs endangered the public by making low-level passes over the Santa Monica Pier on Nov. 6, 2008, to promote a movie his company was making about a maverick squadron of Americans and Russians on a secret mission to Iran.

I liked that movie the first time I saw it ... when it was called Iron Eagle II.
 
smack300 said:
I don't understand why this guy was allowed to fly in the first place..
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The simplistic answer is that only ATPs have to be of good moral character. 14 CFR 61.153(c)

§ 61.153 Eligibility requirements: General.
To be eligible for an airline transport pilot certificate, a person must:
(a) Be at least 23 years of age;
(b) Be able to read, speak, write, and understand the English language. If the applicant is unable to meet one of these requirements due to medical reasons, then the Administrator may place such operating limitations on that applicant's pilot certificate as are necessary for the safe operation of the aircraft;
(c) Be of good moral character;
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Of course I'm being a bit tongue-in-cheek, but the point is there was no basis for denying him a pilot certificate.
 
Brought it on himself. Santa Monica, of all places? Outside of Manhattan, I'm hard pressed to think of a place that is likely to have MORE easily-frightened Nanny-Staters just HOPING for someone to do something Dangerous for them to Report. Turns out that there are a couple of million square miles of the US that are unpopulated enough for one to do whatever dumb stuff they happen to feel like doing without being in any realistic danger of being observed (or of putting anyone else in danger when one biffs it).

Plus, he sounds like a complete ass. And that's coming from a complete ass. Throw the book at him.
 
Boris Badenov said:
Brought it on himself. Santa Monica, of all places? Outside of Manhattan, I'm hard pressed to think of a place that is likely to have MORE easily-frightened Nanny-Staters just HOPING for someone to do something Dangerous for them to Report. Turns out that there are a couple of million square miles of the US that are unpopulated enough for one to do whatever dumb stuff they happen to feel like doing without being in any realistic danger of being observed (or of putting anyone else in danger when one biffs it).

Plus, he sounds like a complete ass. And that's coming from a complete ass. Throw the book at him.
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Just don't put it on YouTube!
 
Playing the devil's advocate for a minute... if this were not the post-modern enlightened society of California.... but rather something like 1930s California, it would be a totally different story.
 
ryan1234 said:
Playing the devil's advocate for a minute... if this were not the post-modern enlightened society of California.... but rather something like 1930s California, it would be a totally different story.
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If anyone will stick up for him, it would be Ryan !!!:)
 
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