If you fly a B737 in the USA without a license, whats the chance you end up in Gitmo? But... if you fly, say a US aircraft in Africa such as a B737 on a PPL, and no type rating, and play around on operations in say... Gabon, then when the FAA is aware of it, what do you think they would do? Gitmo? or nothing?
Big furore re the US pilot flying US RPT with falsified licenses, but a US aircraft in Africa? Hey Mr FAA, what do you do about that? recently, the FAA were happy to pull the ATPL of a US pilot that just was onboard an aircraft that had a TXPDR failure within the DC SFRA, apparently different standards of application of the rules exist. The guy wasn't the PIC or PF... so the story goes...)
So, when the FAA and US govt black ban foreign countries for failure to comply with their SOFA standards, what hypocrisy is it to effectively say F*** O** when their aircraft blantantly disregard the standards of ICAO and the sovereign states that they are being allowed to operate into.
What a program.
N103HA at FOOL 24 DEC 2006
Nationale Regionale Transport - NRT Boeing 737-242/Adv Libreville (LBV / FOOL) Gabon, December 24, 2006 N103HA (cn 21186/438) First jet for this airline. Operating since last week to mainly domestic destinations. Started ops last week
N103HA at FOOL 18 DEC 2006
N103HA (cn 21186/438) New operator, pictured on a stormy morning in Libreville
Operated by....
Really!,
"Dog ate my homework...".
with....
the captains FAA license...
and the FO's FAA license.
These guys were run out of town by.... the CAA of Equatorial Guinea, which is rather impressive that EG has more concern over the operation of FAA aircraft than the US government, FAA and DoJ! So, who should be black banned here again? (no pun, please)
. Heck, even the Gabonese CAA are reported to have fined the "PIC", (yes, the guy with the PPL and no rating, not the young FO who was apparently the "guy with the qualifications, although they were received some 3-4 months after the flights... ooops
)
"We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them".
Abigail Adams,
Letter to John Adams (1774)
Now, yes, you absolutely can operate a FAA aircraft on a foreign license, under the terms of
TITLE 14--Aeronautics and Space CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SUBCHAPTER D--AIRMEN, PART 61--CERTIFICATION: PILOTS, FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, AND GROUND INSTRUCTORS Subpart B--AIRCRAFT RATINGS AND PILOT AUTHORIZATIONS 61.77 Special purpose pilot authorization: Operation of a civil aircraft of the United States and leased by a non-U.S. citizen.
If you apply, if you are under 60 (in 2006...) etc etc etc...
Amen to that.
"Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself". Lois McMaster Bujold,
"A Civil Campaign", 1999
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