flying_monkey wrote:

letter from the locally responsible governing
organization to reprimand any pilot that violates
important airspace.

Name some of the airspace you think is UNimportant?

At least that shows to the FAA that we ARE
governing ourselves. "

But you AREN'T governing yourself. That's what they do in UK and OZ and
(a little) NZ. YOU'RE governed by the FAA. Just like instructors in
172s and bizjets and 747 ATPs.

If you bust a rule, the FAA will come after the individual pilot. It's
a matter between him and the FAA. Airline pilots bust altitudes every
day but nobody blames it on the entire profession. It's an individual
and his own licence.

Group punishment is a very 1940s concept. I don't believe the FAA is
seriously into it - but you know your own country best.

All this self-policing angst sounds suspiciously like the expression of
some fairly common personality traits. How many of you are first
children?

GC