Jim Logajan wrote:
So I still don't think that government agencies are not required to
abide by _all_ the FARs. Government agencies, including the military,
are presumably still rerquired to abide by all the FARs that use the
unqualified "aircraft" or "person" terminology.

The problem here is in the U.S. Constitution, I believe. A/C
owned by say Interior cannot be forced to be maintained by rules
of the DOT. DOT can't ask Justice, the law firm to both
agencies, to litigate against Interior. If Interior said its
employee/pilots need not be certificated, then I think FAA can't
enforce against the pilot individually. No certificate; no
certificate action. If they proposed a civil fine for operating
w/o a certificate plus other violations, Interior would step in
and defend the employee and their own rule that their pilots need
not have certificates. Then no way to force it to court. It
ultimately would be the United States of America v. the United
States of America.

Fred F.