All;
In the New York Post today:
A drug conviction with no jail time does not cause one to lose one's FAA license. This only occurs if you serve jail time.
Secondly, the company this guy was flying for hadn't yet submitted the pertinent paperwork to the FAA or the FAA hadn;t received it at the time of the crash. Either way, the poor guy was flying customers in an "air-taxi" as the FAA likes to call it illegally.
Lastly, everybody who knew him stated the was a very good and a very smart pilot who knew his limits and the planes limits.
Perhaps, that's the reason for the arguement prior to takeoff. He knew something was wrong but didn't have the intestinal fortitude to deal with it especially as this was almost his 1st day on the job.
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