On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:34:34 -0700, Bob Fry
wrote in :

"LD" == Larry Dighera writes:

LD While I believe those airmen who fail to get a briefing
LD immediately before departing,... or otherwise display wanton
LD negligence and disregard for FAA regulations may deserve
LD criminal prosecution,

So a pilot who simply fails to get a briefing--something hundreds or
thousands of pilots do every day--"may deserve criminal prosecution".

Are you familiar with CFR Title 14, Part 91, § 91.103 Preflight
action:

Each pilot in command shall, before beginning a flight, become
familiar with all available information concerning that flight....

LD criminal charges against a pilot whose
LD inadvertent violation of a TFR results in no harm nor hazard
LD to persons nor property seems inappropriate to me.

Oh, you think? And how does one inadvertently violate a TFR if they
have gotten a briefing?

Let me count the ways:

The TFR pops-up after the pilot departs and is not in radio contact
with ATC.

A complete electrical system failure, large geomagnetic
disturbance, failed chronograph, and chart departs through an
unlatched door in flight.

Loss of situational awareness due to mitigating circumstances.

A large change in barometric pressure occurred without PICs
knowledge.

An emergency situation forced a decision to violate the TFR.

...

This administration is out of control. Of course we knew that a long
time ago.

It's becoming more and more evident daily.

If the killing of hundreds of thousands in an illegimate war
was not enough to warn us, criminalizing common flying habits might be
the clue some need.

It is my understanding that the FAA has had the authority to press
criminal charges prior to president Gilligan's term.