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pfstelwagon(at)earthlink.
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 Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:10 pm Post subject: Whining about the rules |
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God this is getting to be a joke. You knew what the rules were when you bought the plane. If you think they are wrong start working to change them or quit whining about them.
Frank
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brian
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Location: Sacramento, California, USA
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 4:17 am Post subject: Whining about the rules |
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Frank Stelwagon wrote:
| Quote: | God this is getting to be a joke. You knew what the rules were when you
bought the plane. If you think they are wrong start working to change
them or quit whining about them.
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Step one toward changing the rules is to talk about them and decide
whether the rules are acceptable or unacceptable.
Politics is emotionally charged. Unfortunately we live in a political
world and it impinges very actively on our flying activity. The
excessive deployment of TFRs and the ADIZ inside the borders of the US
seriously affect our ability to fly as we would wish. We are not free to
say 'no' to the FAA or DHS and go on about our business as we would see
fit. We own property, our Yaks and CJs, but we are not free to operate
them as we would see fit even though our operations are no threat and no
impact on any non-participants.
I understand and resonate with Frank's frustration. The situation we are
in with regard to our aircraft is like the man who suffers from a
debilitating disease. He espouses the view that he is thankful that he
is not dead but if we take a step back we see that he is not healthy
either. With each stroke of the FAA's or DHS's pen we are closer to
'dead' but we are still 'not dead'. 'Not dead' is better than 'dead' but
it is a heck of a lot worse than 'healthy'.
The aforementioned organizations, i.e. RPA, EAA, and AOPA, have taken
the stand that they are preserving our 'not dead' status. But they have
not managed to preserve our 'healthy' status. How do we do that? I am
not sure. But somehow I get a sense that accepting the FAA's "right" to
make the rules is part of the problem. The government is supposed to be
our servant, not our master. Administrative law is supposed to be
subservient to statutory or Constitutional law. I believe this is where
the problem lies and it is much deeper than getting a change to our LoLs.
There is actually a law on the books making it a felony for an agent of
the government to use his or her power in a capricious manner. I think
it is very telling that I have never seen this law exercised even though
we have all seen capricious and malicious use of power by agents of the
government. The FAA's treatment of Bob Hoover and Bill Bainbridge (B&C
Specialties) is a perfect example of what I am saying. Both of these men
were persecuted by individuals within the FAA and the people doing the
persecution suffered no penalty for their actions. This clearly breeds
the attitude within the FAA that they are free to do whatever they want
to do with impunity. I suspect this holds true in other agencies. I know
it does within BATF and appears to within agencies like EPA and IRS as well.
But your point is well taken. If one is not willing to take action one
should not continually bother those who don't care. OTOH, if the whining
raises the attention level of others from 'don't care' to 'care' then
the whining has served a purpose toward getting things changed.
Personally I hate politics and I hate dealing with things on Capitol
Hill. I want to be left alone to fly and to enjoy my life as I see fit.
But everywhere I turn I find myself more and more restricted in the
things that I want to do that otherwise have no effect whatsoever on
anyone else. I am beginning to feel that I may have no choice but to
become active in trying to actively progress back toward 'healthy'.
As much as I might hate to admit it, Frank Haertlein and I are on the
same side of this one.
And sometimes even flying doesn't free us from the tyranny.
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Brian Lloyd 2243 Cattle Dr.
brian-yak at lloyd dot com Folsom, CA 95630
+1.916.367.2131 (voice) +1.270.912.0788 (fax)
I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things . . .
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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bvthomas(at)bigpond.com
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| Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:49 pm Post subject: Whining about the rules |
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Gentlemen and Val,
Remember, rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools.
Bruce VH-BVT
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