Originally Posted by
PerfInit
JNB said it well. I will add that another reason for the compliance philosophy is that legal is probably overloaded with “much bigger/ egregious cases”. We simply do not have the resources to pursue “small cases” anymore... To Blackhawk, your distaste for the Agency is understandable, but I believe you have a skewed perception of reality.
My perception is based on cases in the not very distant past (the last 5 years), of pilots getting violations for very minor incidents that did not impact safety at all and were made worse by the pilots being honest and forthright with the FSDOs. They are still paying for these blemishes today as there is absolutely no recourse once such an incident is in your file and it follows you forever. Like forever, forever. It never goes away. Let's not even talk about cases such as the infamous Kansas City FSDO incident or Bob Hoover's case. Pardon my skepticism.