So while the use of an attorney to plea bargain with the FAA was
successful, the issue of the appropriates of FAA's use of emergency
revocation was not challenged. It would be interesting to know the
price in attorney's fees for those two months.


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AOPA ePilot Volume 7, Issue 24 June 17, 2005
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PILOT MAKES DEAL WITH FAA FOR VIOLATING D.C. AIRSPACE
Pennsylvania pilot Hayden "Jim" Sheaffer will be kept out of the
left seat for at least 10 months for violating the heavily
restricted airspace around the nation's capital on May 11. Late
Tuesday evening, Sheaffer and his attorney reached an agreement
with the FAA on the revocation of his pilot certificate. In
exchange for dropping his appeal of that revocation, the FAA will
allow him to reapply for his certificate in 10 months, rather than
12. (One year is usually standard following an emergency
revocation.) See AOPA's Overview of FAA Enforcement
( http://www.aopa.org/members/files/guides/enforce.html ).
Sheaffer was scheduled to appear before an NTSB administrative law
judge Wednesday and Thursday to appeal the emergency revocation.
For more, see AOPA Online
( http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsite...50615adiz.html ).