Originally Posted by
Sekhet
I’m sorry, but after reading all the comments here it just proves to me that something an old NTSB investigator friend of mine once said is very true, “If the FAA can sow enough confusion with legal mambo jumbo to get the aviation community fighting and arguing amongst itself, it (the FAA) can then go about changing or making rules and laws as it (the FAA) wishes before the aviation community knows what hit them.”
This also reminds me of a poster that used to hang in the United Airlines pilot’s lounge at Pittsburgh Intl Airport:
FAA mission statement: We’re not happy until you’re not happy!