Originally Posted by
UnderOveur
Question for the flying lawyers around here, with a preface to same.
Quote:
"The
AP (7/25) reports that the Kansas State University at Salina’s pilot program has been granted an exemption from the FAA “that will allow students to become professional co-pilots more quickly than other schools’ graduates.” Instead of being required to fly 1,500 hours before becoming co-pilots, graduated will only have to fly 1,000 hours. Kurt Barnhart, an official at the school, “said the exemption gives the students advantages in time and cost over students at flight schools that don’t meet the FAA requirements.”
This smells of job discrimination based upon nothing, nada, thin air. Why should a pilot with a 4 yr mechanical or electrical engineering degree from MIT with 1,200 hours have to take a back seat to a K-state grad with an "aviation degree" and 1,000 hrs??
Question: With the grant of this new exemption, can the MIT grad now sue the FAA, and win?
Put another way, has the FAA just opened itself to a rash of lawsuits?
This garbage can was design by politicians/lobbyist in which were voted in, therefore you vote the hacks out of office and establish politicians/lobbyist who have the same views as you do. The current political climate in the US is a factor in which some businesses started in the US have decided to sell some or all of their assets to foreign companies nullifying some of the political/lobbyist BS in the US. Many aviation products and services are headed in that direction in part because of the liabilities of operating businesses in the US.