by Alan Armstrong | Nov 10, 2017 | Legal, Pilot's Bill of Rights
Drug testing is the bane of pilots and mechanics. According to 14 C.F.R. §120.107, “Each employer shall test each employee who performs a safety-sensitive function for evidence of Marijuana, Cocaine, Opiates, Phencyclidine (PCP), and Amphetamines during each test...
by Alan Armstrong | May 10, 2013 | Companies, FAA, Flight Department, Legal
THE HAZARDS OF OPERATING FLIGHT DEPARTMENT COMPANIES Scope of the Inquiry Flight department companies are routinely employed as subsidiaries of parent corporations or holding companies. These flight department companies, financed by the parent corporations or holding...
by Alan Armstrong | Jul 14, 2010 | FAA, Law
On July 9, 2010, FAA Administrator J. Randolph Babbitt issued sweeping revisions to the Federal Aviation Regulations in terms of aircraft registration. A Final Rule implementing these revisions was published in the Federal Register on July 20, 2010. These revisions...
by Alan Armstrong | Jun 15, 2009 | FAA, Legal, NTSB
Historically, if a pilot is accused of violating the Federal Aviation regulations, he receives a trial or hearing before an Administrative Law Judge. The judge considers the evidence and then renders a decision based upon the evidence. There is, however, a disturbing...
by Alan Armstrong | Feb 15, 2009 | Airshows, Civil Liberties, FAA, Law, TSA
THE GRASS ROOTS ACTIVIST FIGHTING TO PRESERVE CIVIL LIBERTIES THE TSA’S LARGE AIRCRAFT SECURITY PROGRAM Skipper Hyle and I were flying in a flight of four AT-6/SNJ Texans at the Great Georgia Air Show in October of 2008 when he first mentioned an initiative being...
