Originally Posted by
okonokos
the FAA is old school, and they have to make a sacrificial lamb of someone every now and then.
I wouldn't quite go that far. The FAA has an enforcement budget, so it generally picks fights with a point. OTOH, there will always be individual inspectors who love to throw their weight around while picking nits, just as there are police officers and minor bureaucrats at town clerk and motor vehicle offices who will do the same.