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- Newsgroups: rec.skydiving
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- From: mark@vti.com (Mark Smith)
- Subject: Re: Breaking one FAR can ruin your whole day.
- Message-ID: <C1829n.1Br@vti.com>
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:58:34 GMT
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- Rob Griffiths (robg@Apple.COM) wrote:
- : In article <9301192210.aa11028@ingate.microsoft.COM>
- : garrettt@microsoft.com (Garrett Tolsma) writes:
- : > Could I be putting my pilots licence at risk if I break a FAR
- : > while jumping?
- :
- : Your license would certainly be at risk.
-
- Isn't that analogous to taking away your automobile drivers license
- if you get a ticket for doing something while being a pedestrian?
-
- BTW--I'm not questioning Rob Griffiths estimate of the situation,
- I'm questioning this particular practice of the FAA. Also,
- although I know stuff about planes, I am speaking/thinking
- as a non-pilot.
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