by Alan Armstrong | Feb 16, 2018 | Due Process, Enforcement Cases, FAA, NTSB, PBR, Pilot's Bill of Rights, Revocation
As certificated airmen, we hold these facts and conclusions that follow to be self-evident: An airman’s certificate is a property or liberty interest that cannot be suspended or revoked without affording the airman due process of law including notice and an...
by Alan Armstrong | Sep 1, 2016 | Airports, FAA, Legal
It is the FAA public policy to maintain public airports as part of a national transportation system. In conflict with this policy, many local governments fail to enact or enforce airport zoning ordinances. As a result, public airports throughout the United...
by Alan Armstrong | Aug 16, 2016 | FAA, Legal, NTSB
Press Release WASHINGTON, DC FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ABANDONS APPEAL IN FAILED PROSECUTION OF COUNTERFEIT AIRCRAFT PARTS CASE FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2016: Yesterday, the Federal Aviation Administration withdrew its appeal from an Initial Decision of Judge Stephen...
by Alan Armstrong | Mar 16, 2016 | FAA, Legal
On March 7, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia heard oral argument on a petition for review filed by the Independent Pilot’s Association (hereinafter “IPA”) against the FAA in the case styled: Independent Pilots’ Association v....
by Alan Armstrong | Nov 7, 2015 | FAA, Legal, NTSB, Pilot's Bill of Rights, Right to Remain Silent
The author’s purpose in writing this article is to refine and expand our thoughts about the meaning of Section 2(b) of the Pilot’s Bill of Rights, Pub. L. 112-153, August 3, 2012, 126 Stat. 1159 (hereinafter the “PBR”). In promulgating Section 2(b) of the PBR,...
by Alan Armstrong | Oct 8, 2015 | (UAVs/drones), FAA, Legal, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
INCORPORATING DRONES INTO THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM – A STUDY IN CHAOS An Exploding Volume of UAVs American government, both state and federal, is in chaos as it seeks to contain the explosion of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs/drones) being flown by inexperienced...
