FAA Versus Airmen If you hold a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certificate, either in business or as an airmen, it is important to realize that the FAA considers your certificate a privilege and not a right. Any infractions committed, injury or non-injury, the FAA may revoke this privilege, suspend your certificate, or asses penalties. Recent decisions have given FAA lawyers the ability to make interpretations of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) during litigation proceedings. This …
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…be expected from each and every aviator. There have not been any amendments to the due process provided to certificated airman and there are still cases being brought to the NTSB. The right to appeal a legal enforcement action is still in place and there is still somewhat of a balance in place to airmen. Believe it or not, there have even been cases when the ALJ has ruled in favor of the certificated airmen.