ARE RAMP CHECKS RAMPING UP?

Any pimple faced 14 year old with a color printer can make documents
that look even better than the FAA's...

And, my post came across as more confrontational than I am... I am not
confrontational, but I do not jump on command from someone, simply
because he feeds from the public trough... I have been in business all
my adult life... I have contracts, licenses, permits, etc., up to the
bungies... I deal with all levels of government on a daily basis... I
deal with insurance companies, I deal with manufacturers, I deal with
employers, I deal with employee unions, I deal with the courts, I deal
with police departments, I deal with lawyers, and on, and on... No
where in my entire life have I dealt with any level of government,
federal, state, county, or township, nor any other contracted party,
corporation, or NGO, where they claim to have the right to walk up and
accost me, unannounced, and demand that I drop what I am doing, and let
them inspect my licenses, documents, permits, or other records in my
possession in the middle of a public place...
Even OSHA sends a letter proposing a date and time for inspection of
the premises for safety hazards and asks for a response... Even when
the courts need a document in my possession, or my testimony, they send
a subpoena for that document or opinion stating a time and place
negotiable; they do not walk up to me, wave their wallet in my face,
and demand that I place documents in their hand, 'now'...
That the FAA has chosen to put itself above the normal conduct of
government is of no import to me... If the FAA has a need to inspect my
documents, they will have to send a letter proposing a time and place
and specifying what documents they need and for what reason, like any
other bureau of the executive branch of the government...

Now, I expect someone here will start babbling about police - that is a
totally different subject... The FAA is not a police department... The
FAA has no police powers... FAA inspectors are not peace officers
authorized with weapons, manacles, and arrest powers... The only action
the FAA can take is to send you a registered letter announcing
emergency revocation of your certificates...

In fact it is an extremely limited number of individuals in this
country that have police powers, i.e., who can accost you in public,
hold you against your will up to and including deadly force, and make
demands upon you without prior notice... The founding fathers in their
wisdom designed our government that way and for good reasons... Even
George Washington, who would have been crowned king had he agreed,
understood that the power of government has to be limited and
controlled lest it become a ravening beast - and he would be outraged
at the so called Patriot Act... Simply look at the HSA and their
demands for more and more TFR's, look at the wire taps without a judges
order, look at the secret searches of your home, look at U.S. citizens
detained without any constitutional rights being respected... (not
talking about aliens, whom I agree have no rights) and then try to tell
me that FAA inspector is your friend - man, that must have been one
hard fall from the turnip truck...

cheers ... denny