Teaching Comm regs..

rframe said:
That case ticks me off. The guy did reasonable due diligence, seeking legal counsel and interpretation from the FAA which agreed with him. Then someone else at the FAA says "nope, tough crap, you're violated".

The FAA does some very good work, but stuff like this is what makes them smell like a horses rear.

Though, to add... once the FAA does tell you to stop doing something, you should probably stop and just get the 135 ticket renewed... so I dont feel too sorry for the guy.
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Did he have a 135 certificate? I must have skipped that part.
 
caliginousface said:
Did he have a 135 certificate? I must have skipped that part.
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He used to have a 135 ticket, then he just had a single contract to fly checks for one bank, so he decided it didn't make sense to keep up a 135 ticket for what should be considered private carriage. His lawyer and the FAA regional counsel agreed with him. Then another inspector investigated, told him to stop, and two months later revoked his Commercial pilot certificate.
 
rframe said:
He used to have a 135 ticket, then he just had a single contract to fly checks for one bank, so he decided it didn't make sense to keep up a 135 ticket for what should be considered private carriage. His lawyer and the FAA regional counsel agreed with him. Then another inspector investigated, told him to stop, and two months later revoked his Commercial pilot certificate.
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I read bad.
 
It's just a guess, but his flippant disregard for the inspector's direction is what probably really sunk him.

I can kinda imagine the conversations going "you can't tell me to stop, I know what's allowed, screw you"....... beeeeeeeep, wrong answer.
 
Yeah, you'll notice that the operator was given the correct information and was not initially violated. It's only after he persevered in his own (ultimately incorrect) interpretation despite being given the "correct" one that the FAA took certificate action. Like a lot of these cases, you need to (as you did, rframe) read between the lines to some of the "politics" involved in bringing enforcement action.
 
This is a very confusing subject and that AC doesn't help very much, especially in disagreements with certain DPEs/FAA Inspectors.
 
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