Originally Posted by
iPilot
Well the way this was all so hastily done I think the pilots will have no trouble winning their certificates (and possibly jobs) back on appeal. Perhaps it was done like that on purpose to make the public feel warm and fuzzy but not actually hang these two pilots out to dry.
Not that I'm condoning what they did, but I can't say I would have made them lose everything either.
If I remember what I've read about administrative law and the FAA's revocation process, an emergency ticket-punching is for
ongoing conduct that poses an imminent hazard to life or property. Pretty sure that they're caught they won't be doing that conduct anymore, and Deltawest have suspended them from further flight ops — they did this BEFORE the FAA got the shredder out.
Call your union, your company, and your AOPA Legal Services Plan attorney (you are a member, right?
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