"Ed H" wrote in message
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"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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houstondan wrote:

We aren't talking about turning someone in for making an honest mistake,
we're talking someone who knowingly and willingly violated the law and
then had the nerve to brag about it. This isn't the sort of person we
should desire to have in our ranks.



One thing I don't get ... why are we blaming NW? Yeah he's a bit of a
dork for bragging about it, but didn't he do that roll with a CFI present?
Wasn't that CFI presumably encouraging if not directing that behavior?

If I were the FSDO, I would give NW a stern lecture about who to trust,
then send him on his way. Then I would suspend the CFI's flying and
instructing certs, and consider criminal charges against him. He's the
one who violated the trust of his student and the government that
certified him to instruct.

I've not followed NW's background, and never quite got whether or not he was
a student pilot flying with a CFI when this incident occurred. My
understanding is that he owns a 150, but the one used for the roll wasn't
his. I also understand that there was a CFI in the airplane.
If NW is certificated, it's bad enough, but if he is indeed a student, the
CFI should be grounded immediately. Had this instructor worked for me , he
would never set foot in one of my airplanes ever again.
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
Commercial Pilot; CFI; Retired
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