Gary Drescher wrote:
Naturally the FAA will want to come down hard on this guy. But that
has no
bearing on whether they can take any action against him if he meets
the
stated ASRS immunity conditions. (I hope for his sake that he submits
an
ASRS report by the deadline.)

--Gary

Exactly. Just because someone does something that you (in this case,
the collective 'you' would be everyone associated with GA, myself
included) you can't change the rules just to punish them. Point
forward, make the appropriate laws and punishments for this type of
incident and prosecute the next guy who does this.