Mon, Jan 30, 2012
Aero-News: Quote of the Day
ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though
we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a
bearing on the day's events and issues.
Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the
content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be
thought-provoking.
Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if
particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become
future Quotes of the Day.
Let us hear from you, folks!
Aero-News Quote of the
Day
"I
think this story is very important and should be questioned and
told. The FAA must, in no way, take an anonymous phone call and
turn it into an inquisition on the pilot. A simple inquiry would
have been the best first contact. The pilot is guilty until proven
innocent, and as the letter clearly states, it's ALL on the accused
pilot. And I take that as the FAA can do anything they please to go
as far as they please to make you prove anything they demand, along
with suspending or revoking a pilot's medical until they feel the
matter is resolved, AND demanding private medical records that have
no bearing on the complaint. All this from an anonymous phone call.
But this issue is not about me it's
about the FAA's arrogant practices and violation of citizens
rights."
Source: "Pilot X" -- a pilot currently being
victimized by an anonymous and unsubstantiated complaint to the FAA
Hotline alleging an unsubstantiated medical ailment that reportedly
did not show up in his most recent FAA medical exam.
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