On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:57:53 -0000, Jim Logajan
wrote:

"Denny" wrote:
The only action
the FAA can take is to send you a registered letter announcing
emergency revocation of your certificates...

A representative of the FAA may not have police power, but he or she may
have the phone number for the local police or FBI on speed dial.... :-(

Here's one article on this subject with the good and bad pointed out,
titled "Hi, I'm from the FAA, Can We Talk?":

http://www.swaviator.com/html/issueD99J00/legal.html

Boy, I've wished that I had their problems...

"The pilot had asked the FBO's line crew to top off the tip tanks.
While this was going on, the inspectors asked to see the load
manifest—the weight and balance determination—for the aircraft. They
found some errors. Specifically, the weight for the crew was too light
by about 220 pounds"

Mike Weller