Rolling a Non Aerobat 150

I have to ask why you feel it's
reasonable to turn this guy in to the FSDO but not to copy license
plate numbers of speeders and turn them in.

I didn't make the post, but I do have some reasons.

Way back when... when I was learning to fly and learning how the regs
worked, it was made clear to me that the FAA's rules proscribed things
that were outright dangerous, but did =not= proscribe things that
=might= be dangerous, leaving it to the pilot in command to make that
kind of judgement, based on his level of experience, skill, judgement,
equipment, and circumstances. It was not a "lowest common denomenator"
thing. The FAA regs were to be taken seriously, and it was expected
that pilots would excercise =judgement= to fly safely, rather than rely
on "safe for anybody" rules to do so.

Cars are handled differently. Anybody with a warm body can drive, and
usually do so with their brains safely at home. The rules are designed
so that the lowest common denomenator would be safe driving within the
law. Say what you will about flight training, pilots are trained to
higher standards than drivers (whose exam consists primarily of parallel
parking without modifying anybody else's car, and stopping at stop signs).

Back In Those Days (tm), violating an FAR was (seen by me to be) a much
bigger deal than rolling slowly through a stop sign.

Things seem to have changed some, and the FAA regs seem to be taking the
place of judgement more and more. Maybe it's me that has changed my
perspective, but if indeed the rules are becoming more petty, then this
will have consequences in the attitude of pilots who are excercising
judgement, good or bad.

Jose
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