Surviving the Ramp Check-- AOPA Webinar
Face it, if anyone is going to get Ramp Checked, it's likely to be the "weirdo" in the trike. This FREE webinar is at 8pm EST (Eastern US time) Wed Dec 19th If you are not an AOPA member, I found a FREE 6 month AOPA Student Pilot Membership, and aren't we all students? ; ) click...Tags: FAA Ramp Check, Ramp Check, Legal, Regulations
Notes from "Surviving the Ramp Check" AOPA Webinar Event
For those of you who missed the "Event" I posted here at all trikes (see "Events" in menu bar above for other great stuff coming up) it is on the AOPA website in non-live / recorded fashion now. It was informative. Some Notes I made: Pilot's bill of Rights:The FAA must not...Tags: Notes from "Surviving the Ramp Check" AOPA Webinar Event, Ramp Check, FAA, Inspection, Incident, AOPA Legal Services
Pilot detained, searched for mysterious reasons
Link HERE. Ramp Check ?!Tags: Ramp Check, Search, Tan Jump Suits
Quote "Pilots have no rights in war on drugs"
Pilots have no rights in war on drugs: A federal program trains its agents to treat the pilots of detained aircraft as if they have no right to refuse the search. "What they taught law enforcement officers and agents was that all aircraft can be detained since they all fall under the .....Tags: War on Drugs, Ramp Check, Detain, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), detained, searched, enforcement, agents, pilots, alltrikes
AOPA demands answers on aircraft searches
With a growing number of reports from law-abiding pilots stopped by armed federal agents on the ramp, their aircraft searched by federal agents, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection remains silent, and outrage is building. AOPA is questioning CBP’s a...Tags: Law Enforcement, Detention, Detain, Search, Seizure, Federal Agents, Ramp Check, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Customs and Border Protection, CBP, Drugs, response, federal agents, searches, agents, stopped