Originally Posted by
Bend alot
This just got another layer of messy!
Yeah, no kidding.
I just did a quick read of the complaint. The argument is strong and the FAA clearly screwed up by not responding to the FOIA request with the prescribed time limits, which should make the case ripe for judicial review. Plaintiff's lawyers, Sandler Reiff, are fairly heavy-hitting DC political and regulatory practitioners.
We need our real aviation lawyer, Willow Run, to weigh in on this, but a good guess would be that, although courts give deference to regulators on matters like this, this one probably won't go away quickly or easily, even if the district court isn't eager to deal with it.