Mapleflt wrote:I must being reading this all wrong, are you suggesting we should be praising the airman who bailed out of the T-cart for his act of heroism and airmanship decision making !!!
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"The only people who would be against this would be the FAA types who like to jam folks up like Palmer or the CT seaplane dude, or the airmen who do VERY BAD stuff like that idiot who bailed out of the t cart with the fire extinguishers"
You’re reading it backwards
Were we to reclassify the FARs as misdemeanor criminal offenses, opposition would arise solely from those engaged in genuinely reckless and perilous conduct.
Such a shift would grant the FAA greater authority to address true malfeasance, while simultaneously curbing the federal enforcers, whose actions too often veer into baseless overreach.
Their frivolous cases, under this new standard, would range from exceedingly difficult to outright untenable.
If subjected to the rigorous demands of criminal prosecution, incidents like Palmer or the float plane in Connecticut would likely collapse under scrutiny. The evidence required to prevail in such matters would fall far short of what is necessary when held to a proper judicial threshold.
The accused, endowed with the same rights as any individual charged with a minor offense, say, trespassing in a public space, would stand on firmer ground. Justice demands no less than this: a standard of proof that ensures only the culpable are held to account, not the convenient targets of bureaucratic whim.
