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What confuses me is that all the pundit TV shows keep saying tonight is
that authorities have decided not to charge the pilots with a crime.
Are they shaving the distinction between "crime" and a "violation" very
closely. I can't imagine there wouldn't be administrative action
against these two pilots. At least remedial training and a check ride
with an FAA examiner. Or a license suspension. You'd get as much for a
transgression into a plain old class B or C.

Paul Huffman wrote in
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What confuses me is that all the pundit TV shows keep saying tonight
is that authorities have decided not to charge the pilots with a
crime. Are they shaving the distinction between "crime" and a
"violation" very closely. I can't imagine there wouldn't be
administrative action against these two pilots. At least remedial
training and a check ride with an FAA examiner. Or a license
suspension. You'd get as much for a transgression into a plain old
class B or C.

But a violation of FARs is not a criminal offense. It's a civil action.
That's why you aren't provided with a lawyer, and don't go to a
courtroom. A license suspension is very likely, but that isn't a
criminal sanction.

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Stan

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." B. Franklin

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But a violation of FARs is not a criminal offense. It's a civil action.
That's why you aren't provided with a lawyer, and don't go to a
courtroom. A license suspension is very likely, but that isn't a
criminal sanction.

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Exactly. Which, to me, also means that even though the police say they do
not intend to file charges, the FAA is still free to issue sanctions,
including suspensions or revocations. Is this incorrect?

G Faris

"Greg Farris" wrote in message


Exactly. Which, to me, also means that even though the police say
they do not intend to file charges, the FAA is still free to issue
sanctions, including suspensions or revocations. Is this incorrect?

Yes, that's correct. First time ADIZ offenders face a mandatory 30-day
suspension. This is a civil matter, not criminal.

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