> The FAA representatives terrible attitude aside... If this pilot did anything like this today, he would be in for a lot more trouble than a tongue-lashing ov

> The FAA representatives terrible attitude aside... If this pilot did anything like this today, he would be in for a lot more trouble than a tongue-lashing over the phone. I don't know what the range of prescribed sanctions for this sort of infraction were at the time, but I suspect the person handling the case was exercising some discretion in choosing to respond with nothing more than a verbal dope-slap.