by Alan Armstrong | Sep 8, 2014 | FAA, Legal, NTSB
Failure to Provide Air Traffic Data results in Dismissal of FAA’s Complaint In this issue of FlightWatch, we will examine the Initial Decision of Judge William R. Mullins in the case of Admin- istrator v. Michael, 2013 WL 6221805 (NTSB). In essence, Judge Mullins...
by Alan Armstrong | Apr 9, 2014 | Drone Traffic, FAA, Legal
Assaults On FAA’s Drone Policy Brendan Schulman, Esq., with the firm of Kramer, Levin, Naftalis and Frankel, LLP in New York, has embarked on a headlong assault on the FAA’s policy restricting the operation of model aircraft and/or unmanned aircraft systems pursuant...
by Alan Armstrong | Mar 9, 2014 | Drone Traffic, FAA, Legal, NTSB
NTSB Judge Order Questions FAA’s Authority to Punish Commercial Operators of UAV’s On March 6, 2014, Judge Geraghty of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued an Order finding that the FAA could not discipline the commercial operator of an...
by Alan Armstrong | Apr 15, 2009 | FAA, Legal, NTSB
Low Passes and Revocation of Flying License A jet pilot who made a number of low level, high-speed passes over the Santa Monica Pier had his license revoked. The flight in question took place on November 6, 2008, when the pilot, as part of a two-ship formation flight,...
