Bob Saville wrote: > > N161LH 3B9 wrote: > > > > Just got my ticket in April; my instructor was pretty clear on a couple of > > points like this. He told me to NEVER carry any logs in the plane; you're > > not legally required to carry them, and if you don't carry them, it's not > > "reasonable" for the FAA to request them on a ramp check. It's not that > > there's anything in my logs that I'm ashamed of, but I don't figure I need > > to help those SOBs any little bit, and just assume they're out to get us. > > > > As far as I remember, for me I need my license and medical, and the ARROW > > docs for the plane. Like Audean said, he told me to show them, but never > > hand them over. > > > > He also once pointed to clouds over us and said, "How far below those are > > we?" I said that I didn't know. He said, "If I'm the FAA, we're 500 feet > > below, at least. Come hell or high water. Got it?" > > > > I kinda take the same approach with paperwork. > > > > Leslie 3B9 > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > Hi Leslie, > Thanks for putting my feelings into words. I couldn't have said it > better, even if I tried. > I never did think that 'big brother' needed to know anything about my > business that I didn't choose to tell him! > As long as I'm 'legal', why not just leave me alone and stop > threatening and harassing me? Sure, I'll 'show' him my license and > medical, they're current or I wouldn't be there. I'm not stupid! > I don't even have a radio, so I obviously won't be landing at any > controlled airports, but I might 'drop in' to an occasional grass strip > to visit a friend. :-) > > Bob Saville > N3396H 415C > Eugene, OR
All, Just tell the FAA that your a&p.IA has them... Then he can cover your hide in a pinch... Don... N72DS
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