Obviously there is something wrong between the inspector and the
school and that needs to be resolved before anything else happens.
The operator may have thrown this guy out on his ass one day, which
probably many of you are thinking they would do! Ditto the AOPA legal
thing and if it were me, I would pull the a/c out of the lease until
everything blows over. As a stretch, he could further consult an
attorney and discuss the possibilities of recovering compensation from
this inspector personally if his Hitler-like practices have
overstepped the authority given to him by the US Government. That
message/action, if successful, would certainly be communicated through
the ranks of the FAA and dwindle down to the guys with the little
dicks attempting to prove something as well as those who are just
trying to make a living.


On Mon, 02 May 2005 10:47:11 GMT, "Steve Foley"
wrote:

The school owner should be talking to a lawyer.

If it were my plane, I would pull it off the line and find somewhere else to
lease it. I don't need to tangle with the FAA for someone else, and don't
want to pay a lawyer for something I can avoid. This is the school's fight,
not the aircraft owner.