If you say so.

I certainly didn't.

If that's your opinion, then say as much, as I did not. Moreover, it's you that's painting with a broad brush. We could expand into more detail involving a number of other FAA inspectors, if you like; I used one inspector as an example. I've got a lot more.

If an inspector attempts enforcement action which goes nowhere, or brings it and it isn't reversed on appeal, no big deal for him or her. It can crush someone else's career, which is why that someone else is well advised to see legal counsel.

We could talk about the FSDO manager who called me in, shut the door, and told me to buy his secretary a dozen red roses or he'd find a means of going after my certificates. We could talk about the maintenance inspector who was transferred twice after individuals physically punched him to the ramp (he was that offensive), and who was transferred again after my encounter. I didn't hit him, or threaten him, but he called me in the night and threatened me...because I quoted him in the subsequent acts. I won my case, incidentally. We could go on and on, both with those matters with which I have personal involvement, and a host of others with which I have personal knowledge. Broad brush? How much is someone willing to risk their certificate on the basis of an inspector's temper, bias, judgement, or simply lack of knowledge?

I don't hate the FAA. I've been an aviation safety counselor, and I am in general an ardent supporter of the Administration and the regulation. That does not mean, however, that one should approach an inspector and enforcement action naively or blindly, as the repercussions for the pilot victim can last a lifetime.