"Skidder" wrote in
:

When you ask your local FSDO for an interpretation of the regs, do you
think they are OBLIGATED to tell you the truth?

I can assure you all to often, if you ask someone in authority how to
interpret any law, they are going to tell you how they think it should
be, and to heck with how it really is.

At the end of the day, laws will be interpreted by SOMEONE. Be it the FDSO
officer or the Judge or the Jurors.

So ultimately, it doesn't matter any more or less how you think it really is
or how the FSDO thinks it really is until someone calls you on it, brings you
in front of a judge, and tries to sell their interpretation while you try to
sell yours...