I am Florida based FAA employee and former USAF pilot, and have been reading with interest this thread.
I met Tony Ringland about 10 years ago when I was looking over the fence at a little airport in Donegal Ireland, He was working under an old Cessna 180 on the ramp. He looked up and ask me if I wanted to go for a ride. He took me and My wife for the most wonderful flight through the mountains and along the west coast of Ireland, he would not even take a dime for the flight. I can tell you that he is one of aviation's nice guys and one of the best pilots I have ever met.
We have flown together over here a few times and he is just as happy in our old Cub out of my 900ft dirt strip as he is in my friends C340 at FL200. I would suggest to you all that Tony would only stand up for his friend if there was an injustice done by the PFA.
I have known and flown with the best and I count Tony a true pro and a good friend, so those of you who would tear the fella apart on this BB should wish you had this kinda friend to fight your corner.
John Anderson