Gary Drescher wrote:

So even though the President has to obey the judiciary, the NTSB doesn't? Is
there a documented example of such defiance by the NTSB?

Tons. The procedure if you are charged with a violation is that your case is
heard first by an FAA board. If you object to their ruling, you can appeal it to
a law judge. If either you or the FAA objects to the judge's ruling, you or they
can appeal to the 7 member National Transportation Safety Board. Their ruling is
final -- there is no appeal.

Remember that you have not been charged with a crime. You have been charged with
violation of the FAA rules instituted for the safety of the American public. The
judicial branch does not have the final say.

The NTSB is infamous in pilot circles for reversing the judges' decisions and
reinstituting (at least in part) the original penalty applied by the FAA.

George Patterson
"Naked" means you ain't got no clothes on; "nekkid" means you ain't got
no clothes on - and are up to somethin'.