Neil Gould wrote:
Hi all,

"news" wrote:

Judge: State cannot prosecute pilots accused of drunkenness
By The Associated Press
(mostly snipped)

The pilots were fired and stripped of their commercial licenses. As a
bail condition, they were barred from recreational flying as well.


OK... this is the part that puzzles me. No surprise that they were fired.
Did the FAA strip them of their license? And, how could a bail condition
be upheld if the State had no authority? Since their blood alcohol level
was below that required for Federal criminal charges, and the State has no
case, shouldn't any bail be recinded?

Neil



No State has the authority to revoke a pilots license, regardless of
what the local bureacrats might think. Only the FAA has authority over
pilots license , and any matters dealing with flight.