A 'HIGH TIME' PVT PLT COMPLAINS ABOUT THE VIOLATION ACTIONS AND PROCS USED BY THE FAA AFTER SEVERAL INCIDENTS IN WHICH HE WAS APPARENTLY INVOLVED AND DURING AN AIRMAN'S REEXAMINATION.
Synopsis
A 'HIGH TIME' PVT PLT COMPLAINS ABOUT THE VIOLATION ACTIONS AND PROCS USED BY THE FAA AFTER SEVERAL INCIDENTS IN WHICH HE WAS APPARENTLY INVOLVED AND DURING AN AIRMAN'S REEXAMINATION.
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DURING MY ORAL EXAMINATION WITH OFFICIAL OF FSDO (EXAMINATION WAS IN CONNECTION WITH AN INCIDENT ON JUN/XX/92 AT WESTOVER AIR BASE WHICH I RPTED TO YOU IN DETAILS ON JUN/XY/92); HE TOLD ME 'I JUST PULLED OUT FROM COMPUTER YOUR RECORD AND IT STATES:' INCIDENT ON FEB/XX/80; YOU DID PAY $100.00. IN THIS INCIDENT I DID LOOSE MY ACFT DURING HAND PROPPING ON ICY GND. INVESTIGATING THIS INCIDENT; LADY LAWYER CAME FROM JFK TO GADO OFFICE; ACCUSING ME FOR SEVERAL VIOLATIONS; AND TELLING ME TO PAY FINE OF $500.00 OR FACE COURT ACTION. OFFICIATING DURING THIS MEETING WAS THEN; MR. Y; GADO MGR. THERE WERE ALSO 4 MEN JUDGES. I DID REFUSE TO PAY FINE; BELIEVING IT IS GNDLESS; AND I SAID I RATHER WILL GO TO THE COURT. AFTER LENGTHY PERSUASION I DID AGREE TO PAY $100.00 (AS SAID 'TO PAY HER TRIP BACK TO JFK') AND CASE WILL BE CLOSED AND NEVER RECORDED. THIS WAS ASSURANCE FROM THEN CHIEF OF GADO. UNFORTUNATELY; I DO FIND TODAY THAT THIS INCIDENT HAS BEEN RECORDED ON MY RESUME (RECORD) CONTRARY TO THE ASSURANCE BY GADO MGR. VERY UNPLEASANT. COMPUTER RECORDS. MY GOOD EXAMINER TELLS ME VIOLATIONS RECORDED ON AUG/XX/87 OVER GLENS FALLS (WARREN COUNTY). NEVER BUT NEVER WAS I INFORMED FORMERLY BY FAA OF SUCH VIOLATION. I DO NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT. I DO RECALL ONCE; OVER GLENS FALLS; I DID CONTACT ALBANY ARPT 118.05 AND I DID INFORM THEM THAT I AM IN MVFR (MARGINAL); BUT I WAS VISUAL CONTACT (SOMETIMES OBSCURE) WITH GND UNTIL MY LNDG AT SCHENECTADY; NY. ANYWAY; ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE RECORDS FROM COMPUTER; I AM WAITING FOR ANSWER FROM OKLAHOMA CITY AS WELL FROM JFK (FREEDOM OF PRESS). MY EXAMINER TOLD ME ALSO IT IS RECENT VIOLATIONS FROM WESTOVER MIL BASE ON JUN/XX/92. THIS CASE HAS NOT BEEN SOLVED. I AM APPEALING IT WITH NTSB WITH JUDICIAL REVIEW. IT IS ALREADY ON MY RECORD AS 'VIOLATIONS' NEVER HAS IT BEEN PROVIDED TO ME. I AM APPEALING AND I NEVER WILL SUBSCRIBE TO IT. IN MY MIND IT IS WRONG TO PREMATURELY RECORD AS A VIOLATION; BUT OF COURSE I MAY BE WRONG; BUT I FEEL THAT I SHOULD INFORM YOU. MAYBE I AM RIGHT! AND YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK INTO IT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.