Commercial certificate question

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote in message
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Jose wrote:
Local FAA inspector reviewed logs and decided that if this guy could fly
a
tanker on a trip of a few thousand miles, meet his refueling customers,
and
get back to his point of origin for the only landing of the flight, he
met
the intent of the requirment.

Does this carry the force of law? That is, some time in the future, if
a different FSDO inspector questions the validity of flight experience,
can he (or can he not) retroactively find that he did not at that time
meet the regs requiring XC flights, and therefore all subsequent ratings
are void, and subsequent flights are illegal?


If I were on a jury presented with that scenario, you can be sure I'd
laugh the FAA out of the room. I'd say anybody who made intercontinental
flights for the military certainly outtrumps the cross country experience
*I* used to earn my commercial license. Ony a pencil pusher would ignore
the intent of the reg.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE




I missed the beginning of this thread but see FAR 61.73 which sets forth
rules for former military pilots.