On 6/21/2010 8:32 PM, Stephen! wrote:
Mike wrote in news:ByoSn.73380
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Not only was this irresponsible, but it was most likely a violation of
the FARs:

49CFR õ 830.5 Immediate notification.

What is the FAA's definition of "immediate"?


I think 49CFR830.5 is pretty clear. Logic would say that you are OK if
you are delayed because you are dealing with the accident, helping
victims, etc. I suspect that delaying the notification because you were
busy being interviewed by a TV reporter would probably be frowned on. A
delay caused by your desire to finish a race would probably rank
significantly lower than that.

Not to say that you might be able to get around the reporting problem if
you had someone else make the call for you while you were otherwise
distracted. You'd still have to deal with the issue of whether your
actions were reckless.

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Mike Schumann