Regulations and Government
Court: Pilot Action 'Inadvertent' after Firms Part Ways
The U.S. Appeals Court overturned a 60-day suspension of a pilot's ATP.

In a split decision, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of the Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overturned a 60-day suspension of an air transport pilot certificate, deeming that the pilot in question had "inadvertently" violated the rules after his company, an aircraft management firm, had ended an agreement with a Part 135 certificate holder. The Appeals Court had ruled that both an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) and the NTSB had erred in finding the pilots' actions were not inadvertent and vacated the suspension.


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