"Gig Giacona" wrote in message
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My certificate says, "Has been found to be properly qualified to exercise
the PRIVILEGES of:"

I signed it. So, I accepted the PRIVILEGES part of it. PRIVILEGES can be
taken away by the grantor.

Not arbitrarily. Legally and morally, revocation of privileges requires a
sound reason. It requires due process.

When they start messing with RIGHTS I'm right there with you.

Legally and morally, there is a right not to have privileges revoked
arbitrarily. For instance, the government cannot lawfully or rightfully
revoke your piltot's license based on your religion or political party.

Besides, regardless of the word printed on the certificate, travel
(including air travel) is a fundamental right. The government is obliged to
respect that right, subject only to regulations that are plausibly needed
for safety and other legitimate public concerns.

What if that same CFI insists on ignoring FAA regulations that go with the
certificate? Do you think the FAA should say, "No problem. Go ahead a SOLO
that 5 year old."

Uh, no. But how is that comparable to what's under discussion? How does the
existence of a regulation that imposes a plausible safety requirement bear
on the reasonableness or legality of a regulation that tries to criminalize
certain instances of the dissemination of basic knowledge?

--Gary