4 ms·
> She had 14,000 hours, worked for the FAA as a safety manager and ran a flying school for 28 years Sounds like the FAA correctly decided that she should have
by KennyBlanken 5y ago
> She had 14,000 hours, worked for the FAA as a safety manager and ran a flying school for 28 years
Sounds like the FAA correctly decided that she should have known better. Especially given her age, she should have been dotting every i and crossing every t, because everyone knows the FAA comes down like a pile of bricks on elderly pilots.
- mmaunder 5y agoThey do?
- pc86 5y agoThey might, but probably not for the reason(s) the GP is implying. I've definitely noticed a correlation between age and how quickly a pilot is to disregard safety, checklists, etc.
- amelius 5y ago> ... worked for the FAA as a safety manager ... Sounds more like she was a liability.
- aiisjustanif 5y agoSounds on purpose.
- jcrawfordor 5y agoThe linked article is a little odd to me, this story is kind of famous as she's a bit of a celebrity in the aviation world for her accomplished instruction career. The way I've always heard it is that she was aware that her pilot's certificate was going to be revoked soon anyway due to her advanced age, and so she flew under the bridge well aware that there was a possibility her certificate would be revoked for it. AOPA's article supports this theory, it says that she did fight the revocation but quotes her saying that she knew it would likely happen.