John Galban wrote:
Dana M. Hague d(dash)m(dash)hague(at)comcast(dot)net wrote in message . ..

On 22 Jul 2003 08:30:07 -0700, (John Galban)
wrote:

A "friendly" FAA type greeted us and took
our licenses. We sweated through the show (her mother more than me as
obviously her job was on the line), but after the show he gave us our
licenses back, chewed us out, and sent us on our way. Somehow I doubt
it'd go that way today....


The FAA type is not allowed to take your license (certificate for
you sticklers). He is allowed to inspect it, period. I would never
allow an FAA person to take my cert. If they keep it, they could
easily say you surrendered it, thereby making their job a lot easier.

And even if he did take it then go fly anyways. Right in front of him.
It is such a huge no no for a FSDO inspector to confiscate a
certificate that my local FSDO inspector doesn't believe it would ever
happen. He told me that if any FSDO inspector took your license just go
fly anyways. Make a big deal about it. He said the end result will be
a phone call from the local FSDO manager apologizing profusely.