On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 16:41:37 GMT, Scott Lowrey wrote:

I clipped the DC ADIZ back in May.

Doesn't seem worth the time to me.

!!!!!?

I'm pretty discouraged and haven't been interested in flying ever since
I left the FBO that day.

THIS is your real problem. Your lack of interest in flying, not a temporary
certificate suspension. Admittedly, you made the mistake, and should pay the
consequences, but where is your indignation that this stupid ADIZ may cost you
your ticket? Aren't you just itching to get back into the sky and fly? Where
did the motivation that you brought to your flight training go?

If you no longer want to fly - if it truely "doesn't seem worth the time" to
you, then walk away, accept whatever the FAA wants to dish out, and let your
medical lapse. Bend over and hold your ankles, and get on with your life.

If you still want to fly, then fight as though your life depended on it.
Investigate what help AOPA might be, join their legal plan for the future, find
a lawyer, formally appeal and send in another report. Get some remedial
training NOW, as evidence to the FAA that you want to improve. And, yes, you
CAN train without a certificate, you just can't solo. You've let this sit and
fester for too long. After the smoke clears start looking for a partnership on
a plane.

What would you do?

I'd fight for my certificate to my last breath and my last dollar. If I
couldn't fly, a part of me would die.

Demonick