Dan Gervae
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Upper Peninsula of Michigan
https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/news/the-latest/2020/12/03/faa-fires-designated-pilot-examiner/
This is pretty overreaching in my opinion
This is pretty overreaching in my opinion
One of them is getting close to retirement and maybe he is jockeying for Ken's job.It sounds like that FAA desk jockey is trying to make a name for himself, or justify his job, and is of the same caliber as the guy that grounded Bob Hoover.
It seems to me that this DPE saying “you know how to do this? In a someone else’s airplane” is about as much of an admonishment as a man can make. If this is the whole story, its the FAA who should be admonished. I have responded to questions about “waterskiing airplanes” by saying that some people think that might be a good idea. My response has never been taken by anybody as anything less than the DIG that it was intended as.
One of them is getting close to retirement and maybe he is jockeying for Ken's job.
The sad thing is the FAA will never admit it is wrong and thus the reputations of so many good FAA reps is tarnished.
Bill
In the spirit of 2020.... defund the FAA.
2,300# please:lol:
When the director of the FAA is a former airline official, you won't find anything being done which is favorable to us general aviation peons.NOT being political, but I think it is unlikely we well see a downturn in regulations going forward. The current president has to be somewhat of an aviation guy as he has his own plane, he could have done more in his four years to help out GA.
I won’t hold my breath for things to get better with the FAA. I am only hoping that the Light Sport regulations get some modifications. 2000# GW.... yes please.
As for Ken, I have researched this a bit and he got a raw deal for sure.
#pilotsforken
With the defunding we also need to de-regulate.
Just my $00.02 opinion, not taking sides. But it does sound like he had fallen out of grace so to speak.
Spent 25 years in leadership positions and as the saying goes "you are always on stage". Even on the weekends at a restaurant or Home Depot, you might meet employees from work. You must always present yourself properly (you can interpret that how ever you would like).
The point being, even though you may 'not be on the clock', you are still a representative of XY company 24/7.
I wrote a much longer and much more pointed response to this but canceled it because I need my IA, and that’s all I can say.