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At 02:42 PM 10/11/02 -0600, Desert Eagle wrote: >Actually, after re reading Dave's statements, the only folks who should be >ticked off are those that are doing illegal maintenance or supporting it and >are either afraid or about to be caught at it. Think again. Somebody shooting off his mouth in front of the wrong FAA person can cause a fellow pilot a great deal of grief even if that person is on the straight and narrow. Simply by their getting the kind of attention they don't want, and likely don't deserve. I bet there aren't many airplanes out there where, if the FSDO demanded to see the logs and compared them hard against the plane, there wouldn't be at least one technical violation found. And the process itself can cause a great deal of needless grief and aggravation. Not to mention wasting my tax dollars and yours. And just maybe my lawyer dollars and yours. We had a guy who used to frequent our airport who was fond of standing there and pointing out FAR violations (real or imagined) and of shooting off his mouth about how he should call their-numbers into the FSDO. He always prefaced his remarks by pointing out that he was an experienced CFII, and had been teaching for thus and so many years, yadda yadda yadda. Eventually, he got 'invited' to find some other airports to hang out at (we're a private, public-use airport). Good god, general aviation has enough pitfalls without some sea-lawyer making you feel like you're under scrutiny every time you take a breath or make a remark. Greg ================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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