Originally Posted by
N410DC
As others have said, we are paying a great deal for his prosecution. Given the man hours spent be the FAA and the federal prescuters on this case, I am sure the cost has skyrocketed well beyond $10,000.
That fault for that falls squarely at the feet of the govt who failed time and time again to have clear enforceable, common sense rules and regs, presented in a timely manner, as previously promised. We have some of the most heavily utilized airspace in the world, and it's a complicated issues, but why have other countries been able to deal with this and not us?