Former FAA Safety Inspector Sentenced To Jail

The Government Accounting Office (GAO) reported last week that Harrington Bishop, a former FAA Aviation Safety Inspector, was sentenced on April 18 in U.S. District Court, for accepting illegal gratuities. The court sentenced Bishop, who was once stationed at the Teterboro Flight Standards Safety District Office, to a year and a day in prison, a $5,000 fine, one year of supervised release and a $100 special assessment. As part of his sentencing, Bishop was also subject to a criminal forfeiture in the amount of $70,000.