Jim Logajan wrote:
"Dan Luke" wrote:
Is there such a thing as an emergency suspension vs. revocation?

According to this FAA order document, yes on both counts:

http://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/m...ND/2150.3B.pdf

It's a long document, so the following is probably incomplete, but it
appears that "emergency revocation" is considered appropriate when:

[...]

(6) Based on the airman's having committed several regulatory
violations during the course of the accident or incident.

[...]

The information provided by the FAA is scant, but based only on what
I've seen alleged, the only reason that seems to apply is (6). And in
this case there was no accident - only an incident (per the
definition in FAR 830.2)

I think you've selected the right clause, and these airmen undeniably
"...committed several regulatory violations during the course of the
accident or incident."

I feel for these guys, but their lack of judgement in this incident is
inexcusable, and apparently the FAA came to the same conclusion.

--
Neil