Originally Posted by
tflyer70
I asked a friend who is a Fed, and posted his answers. IF you dont like it or disagree, send me an email and I will forward it to him. Then you can hash this subject out with him.
Why would he? A Fed's personal opinion is really no better than the opinion of anyone else (except, of course that if he is wrong, he has the power to make your life difficult until he is corrected). A written opinion from the FAA Flight Standards Division means something. A written letter of interpretation from the FAA Chief Counsel, definitely. But an oral opinion from a "cop on the beat" at a FSDO? Nope. There have been too many incorrect "opinions" from that source.