The FAA is understaffed right now, I have been waiting 3 years for my local office to approve some amendments to manuals. I had a visit from our FAA maintenance inspector about 3 months ago...he has been with the FAA for less than a year and had never even touched a helicopter in his life....
BTW, he is the FAA maintenance inspector for all helicopter companies in our area and provides the FAA oversight for about 8 companies that I know of flying between 50 to 70 helicopters....
The Operations inspector for the same helicopter companies is a former Delta Airlines pilot who has never flown a helicopter.
Therefore I can see how this can happen....
Originally Posted by
Cyclic Hotline
I find it quite incredible for the FAA to claim they have no knowledge of Marpat and their operations,