Without the approval/exemption/permission/certification/blessing/nod-and-a-wink of the regulator, everything is a crime.
As it should be! This is about safety.
Definitely agree,
Leady! And the offending Pilot in this case should be taken out and shot at Dawn every day for the next six weeks!
(Assuming that is, that Dawn agrees. She might not, Y'know!
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