In The News Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Letter of the Week: In Defense of the FAAIt is in the nature of pilots to complain about the FAA and the news about the temporary grounding of Operation Migration's aircraft, and its migrating whooping cranes in December sparked some strident criticism of the agency from pilots. As a member of the board of directors of Operation Migration (OM), an EAA member, and a private pilot, I'd like to set the record straight.FAA officials were not the bad guys in this affair — far from it. They have long recognized the value and the uniqueness of what OM is doing for an endangered species and the high standards of safety that we have maintained in our flight operations....For the birds,David SakrisonClick through to read the full text of our "Letter of the Week" — and other notes from AVweb readers.View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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