On Oct 28, 5:49*pm, "Neil Gould" wrote:
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

I agree. This incident included several career ending actions even
before you get into WHAT they were doing to cause the actions in
question and the FAA was perfectly justified in lifting the two
certificates. In this business there exists an environment concerning
safety that allows no "first time offenses" in the area these two
pilots were operating. You commit offenses in the category involved
here and you are justifiably history.
Dudley Henriques