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Part of the cause. For example, take the recent TCM circlip issue. The cause was one person did not install “some” crankshaft circlips in the proper way and those shafts made it out into the industry. The issue was it was unknown where all those shafts ended up. So an AD was issued to capture...

Keep in mind, Vector/Virtower are private businesses out to make a profit and have developed a niche market. Unfortunately, most airport commissions are run by community leaders vs aviation professionals. Plus a number of small regional airport commissions have delusions of grandeur when told if...

Not really. There have been 10-30 small GA airports closed every year for the past several decades. And the common thread through most closings is tied to how the airport was funded. Sky Harbor is a Part 139 certified airport. It will always be there and accept any aircraft thanks to its FAA...

In practice I’ve found the opposite to true especially in the aviation community. Have seen a single person’s violation of a rule affect the entire community whether they were directly or indirectly involved by a single AD note. In my book, they are collectively a victim, ie., the community or...

Be careful what you wish for. Based on my experience, if non-Part 139 public airports, to include a number of “private” aircrafts, lost certain public-funding and its associated protections, 90+% of them would be sold to developers at the earliest convenience. So that would have you look for...

FWIW: not a fan of remote filters on small recip aircraft unless your filter location is a real beach to get to... which in most cases is mainly on twins in my experience.

Except without some sort of common denominator what’s the point of the debate? I believe it’s very important for both parties to have a basic understanding of each other’s core beliefs for a debate to be worthwhile. Otherwise, the debate is nothing more than a huge "gray area" with one side...

Allowing publicly funded airspace and airports to become fee-based is the beginning of the end for private, recreational aviation. The airlines have been quietly fighting for this for decades to as a method to "free-up" space/slots to further their expansion. A simple look to the EU or any...

How do you personally determine your actions and thoughts are moral? So you believe there is no "crime" or "offense" unless there is a victim?

FTFY. But I think that’s a bit too abstract. You’re good up till the point above. But all moral decisions have some sort of rational or societal values associated with them. Once that owner starts to act irrationally to those values, the moral thing for me to do is to protect that owner from...

Perhaps in the 80s-early 90s that might have been correct with tours, but not in more recent times in my experience. However, despite the efforts there still are some aviation operators who cut corners and even at the 121 level. But what’s interesting with this topic is statistically you have a...

But if we follow the guidance from your link on normative morality, what if the owner rationally believed what he had done in that specific condition was morally correct even though he did violate the regulation? While the use of a single owner above does not meet the norm moral condition of...

Probably because I define or hold morals/morality in a different manner than you do. My take is that morals are what a society, a culture, a religion, etc. wants of a person. Except that each society, or each culture, or each religion, etc. can have a different moral standard for the exact same...

You're correct but I find there are zero similarities between aviation and these non-aviation examples. The aviation side is decided to an objective standard (law or rule) via established principals like risk management. So in my view there is nothing to clarify. The main difference with your...

Yes. Depends on the reason for the new or revised rule: loss of life/potential loss of life?; crew-pax-aircraft safety?; Grow the industry? Protect the industry? And so on. I think each type of reason needs its own separate review, priorities, and cost analysis. Then the proper root cause...

No on bio studies. But keep in mind, my reply was only in context to your question on my personal views and was not specific in nature. The actual process is much more in depth, requiring input from a number of different skill sets; under which I would hazard to guess, the NPRM process would...

I believe the underlying US law to 135.119 and similar regs only addresses common carrier ops. So without an existing Part 91 US law to base their authority on, I doubt the FAA could do anything of that nature on a private aircraft. No clue on the USCG side. Primary reason for the 1st part. And...

Since there has been no prohibition for firearm carriage on Part 91 aircraft that I know of… nor would I support one, I doubt the FAA would have the authority to ban that given it deals with a constitutional right. However, I think I see what you are looking for so perhaps a more relevant...

I’m still not following. Perhaps an example? But if you are asking if I could personally make all the laws and regulations for the aviation industry... what standards I would use... then that wouldn’t be very realistic as I would only use my personal standards and probably piss off a number of...

I don’t quite follow the question. But I don’t find much problem in how they currently make those decisions??? Regardless, I also think that since the FAA is no longer funded at a level to maintain their current responsibilities properly, congress should allow the FAA to tweak things to reduce...