Gary,

To the best of my knowledge, the FAA does not release details of
enforcement actions. Their position is that information about a
particular action is between the FAA and the pilot, and due to privacy
and such is not releaseable to the public.

My personal knowledge comes from 10k+ flight hours, most of it as a
flight instructor, and 15yrs or so as a remedial instruction program
instructor. I know several people personally who have been involved in
enforcement actions in addition to the scores I have worked with under
the remedial instruction program.

The unfortunate reality is that wherever the law is ambiguous (and
those places are legion), said ambiguity is resolved at the judgment of
the NTSB judge at the hearing. Being a civil court, you have few
rights, and no presumption of innocence. Your testimony is held as
suspect as you are the respondent and therefore 'have a reason to lie,'
and the FAA inspector is considered to be an officer of the court.

If somebody wants to test their personal interpretation of an unclear
reg, be my guest, but leave me out of it. The system may not be what
is should be, nor what we would like it to be, but that doesn't change
it. The FAA inspector has a great deal of lattitude to decide what the
'law' is on the spot, and there mostly is precious little any of us can
do to the contrary.

Best way to deal with this kind of a system is to stay out of the
spotlight.

Gene