"kontiki" wrote in message
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Boy, I'm so glad we have YOU to set us all straight Peter.

It seems that for now, you are the only person in need of setting straight.
No one else is claiming to know of hidden regulations prohibiting a
non-pilot from taxiing an airplane.

There are several areas of the FARs where particular activities/actions
etc. are not specifically mentioned as "prohibited" but neither are
they specifically authorized or sanctioned.

Such as?

The FAA issues Advisory
Circulars to clarify their positions on losts of these sorts of subjects,
often stating positions which to some may seem at odds with the wording
of the FARs.

Are you claiming there's an AC that prohibits a non-pilot from taxiing an
airplane?

In most cases they seem to come down on the side of more
restrictive than what the casual reader may glean from reading the FAR.

You can be assured that in the event of an accident/violation etc. that
the FAA will come down as holding the CFI (or whatever party supposedly
authorized/sanctioned the questionable activity) as being culpable.

Assured by whom?

I assume you have documentation to support your claim? Where is it
prohibited for a student (or anyone else without a pilot certificate)
without a solo endorsement to taxi an airplane?

Safety and good judgement is one of the criteria used to determine the
cause of incident and thats what that is emphasized to much to CFIs, as
they are to instill this into their students.

Safety and good judgment are both good things. So what? There's lots of
stuff that's legal but unsafe or in poor judgment.

But I don't need to tell you this because you already know it all.

I appreciate your support.

Pete