In a message to Jim Sanders Jay Hanig wrote:
JH> Alright, I accept he was a scofflaw. Now let me pose an ethical
JH> question for you:
JH> Let's say you were middle-aged, generally in excellent health, your
JH> hearing was within normal limits, you're stinking rich, and have a
JH> history of DUIs, though you've been sober for at least a couple of
JH> years, and never flew after drinking in any case. You own a couple
JH> of aircraft. The FAA has pulled your medical because of your history
JH> of DUIs.
JH> Would you sneak a flight on a pretty day?
Nobody knows what they would do with 100% certainty, but I'd like to think I
would do what Gordon Baxter (author of Bax Seat) did. Take a young pilot who
couldn't afford the flight time and thereby make the flight both legal and
beneficial to all concerned. <<>>
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