Originally Posted by
Cubdriver
JB come on. If you are that afraid of what the FAA might do to you then make boat payments to lawyers.
I'm not afraid of the FAA, largely due to timely consultation with good legal counsel when appropriate.
For a hundred bucks a year, the AOPA plan will provide enough coverage to handle most of what the average pilot will encounter, if not all. If not, it's a good place to start, with the ability to call with the simplest of questions, or to get a letter drafted, if need be. Boat payments? Hardly.
This is aviation, after all.
Originally Posted by
Cubdriver
I am not convinced the FAA is a bunch of kangaroos out to get giggles and notch their belts at the expense of justice and truth. Many of them were professional pilots before joining the Agency anyway.
Of course they're not a bunch of kangaroos. Don't be ridiculous. Kangaroos are useless when it comes to paperwork. Inspectors, conversely, live and die by it.
As for professional pilots, the ranks of inspectors are largely peopled with those who couldn't make it in private industry, and generally leave one quite underwhelmed.