by Alan Armstrong | Nov 10, 2017 | Legal, Pilot's Bill of Rights
An Airman’s Survival Guide to FAA Drug Testing 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,...
by Alan Armstrong | May 10, 2013 | Companies, FAA, Flight Department, Legal
Hazards of Operating Flight Department Companies 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...
by Alan Armstrong | Jul 14, 2010 | FAA, Law
Federal Aviation Regulations on Aircraft Re-registration 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...
by Alan Armstrong | Jun 15, 2009 | FAA, Legal, NTSB
NSTB adjudicates Falsification Cases on Summary Judgment 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...
by Alan Armstrong | Feb 15, 2009 | Airshows, Civil Liberties, FAA, Law, TSA
TSA’s Large Aircraft Security Program 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...
