C J Campbell wrote:
On 2008-04-04 08:53:46 -0700, "Steven P. McNicoll"
said:

On Apr 4, 7:55 am, C J Campbell
wrote:

They do die in real airplanes, though, and the FAA has held that a
pilot who reads back an erroneous clearance is still required to fly
the one given him by ATC, even if ATC doesn't correct him.


The FAA hasn't held that at all.

Sorry. You are right. It was the NTSB in the Merrell case, 1999.

Thanks for mentioning that case - I was curious and looked it up. Got
several hits, including this helpful one:

http://www.aviationlawcorp.com/content/dangerous.html