Judicial vs. Administrative
SB, no problem. We just needed to get on the same frequency.
For windytoo:
I'm not familiar with the case you cited.
I've been on both sides of that wide green table. At least in the U.S., there can be no judicial action as the result of an administrative investigation. It is the purpose of the administrative investigations to further flight safety. What can, and does happen is that administrative action can, and does, result from non-judicial investigations. In my own case, my administrative superior sided with my side of the question and my flying career continued unimpeded. There was no separate judicial investigation.