Why wasn’t an electronic copy good enough?

slightly tangent question: can FAA ramp check foreign aircraft? If so, is the process different than N numbered aircraft?

Yes to checking, generally no to difference in process.
Military, diplomatic and a few other categories are not treated the same.

Tim
 
Short answer, yes and yes.

In what way is the process different? When I discussed it with a few Canadian's who have been ramp checked by the FAA, the process was the same.

Tim
 
Did you think ,he may have needed a hard copy for his records,unless you wanted to give him your phone,as a record.
I don't think so because the FAA representative didn't keep a hard copy of my operating limitations or my friends once he printed them out.
 
That depends on a which mussels the FAA was stretching, eh?

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Pronounced "gooey-duck," by the way (for those who don't know).
 
I passively aggressively comply with this by keeping a canvas bag full of all the crap legally required to be on board.... in the very back. No way to reach it from the pilot's seat. But very easy to reach if ramp checked. In fact, I'd probably have to move the tiedown ropes, chocks, oil, rags and random other crap to get to them.

Owned the plane for 4 years. Never once looked at any of it.
 
Well, how about those DUI checkpoints they set up to nab drunks on the way home from the bar. Drove through many of those living on the beach. I guess if you are driving after curfew you are suspect. Was always annoying, here is my license, no I'm not drunk, have a nice night.

Total violation of the 4th amendment, and as an adult I don't have a curfew lol

But alas, the unwashed masses are always down to trade "a little" essential liberty for the illusion of "safety"
 
Total violation of the 4th amendment, and as an adult I don't have a curfew lol

But alas, the unwashed masses are always down to trade "a little" essential liberty for the illusion of "safety"
Are you doing something to try to change the law? As I posted above, the SCOTUS ruled in 1990 that DUI checkpoints are a valid method. I am one of the unwashed masses who isn't doing anything to change the situation. Unless you are one of the people who are making the effort, I would say... pot... kettle.
 
I passively aggressively comply with this by keeping a canvas bag full of all the crap legally required to be on board.... in the very back. No way to reach it from the pilot's seat. But very easy to reach if ramp checked. In fact, I'd probably have to move the tiedown ropes, chocks, oil, rags and random other crap to get to them.

Owned the plane for 4 years. Never once looked at any of it.

Well then you may want to review 91.203 regarding display of certificate.
 
Total violation of the 4th amendment, and as an adult I don't have a curfew lol

But alas, the unwashed masses are always down to trade "a little" essential liberty for the illusion of "safety"

Here's a little hint for you: Before talking about the law and constitutional rights, get a clue about what you are actually talking about.

Your quote above is absolute ignorance, at best.
 
Doing something to change it, as much as I can, yes.



"Ignorance", that's cute, actually isn't it more ignorant to go along with the BS where a federal judge rules that the federal government should have more power?


Sorry, but putting up road blocks and stopping people who have given you zero suspicion of committing a crime, that's a violation of your 4th amendment rights all day long and twice on Sunday.

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."


So I'd imagine since some unamerican tyrant said civil asset forfeiture is "legal" you're OK with that too?
 
Doing something to change it, as much as I can, yes.



"Ignorance", that's cute, actually isn't it more ignorant to go along with the BS where a federal judge rules that the federal government should have more power?


Sorry, but putting up road blocks and stopping people who have given you zero suspicion of committing a crime, that's a violation of your 4th amendment rights all day long and twice on Sunday.

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."


So I'd imagine since some unamerican tyrant said civil asset forfeiture is "legal" you're OK with that too?

Just admit when it comes to law, you're shooting from the hip and making a total fool of yourself in the process.

Your drivers license is issued by the state, not federally. And getting your drivers license is a privilege, not a constitutional protected right. And the people that issue that drivers license do so under administrative law. So yes, if the state decides they need to do random stops for safety and it's written into their regulations, then so be it.

Same with the FAA and 44709. 44709 is a federal law, passed by congress. The FAA developed regulations to comply with the law. And this all took place back decades ago. So crying the FAA has no right to examine an airman or aircraft "at anytime" is foolish.

Someone once said "When others think you are a fool, don't open your mouth and remove all doubts".
 
First of all I'm not talking about anything FAA related, and second just because you are onboard with unconstitutional "laws" and are well versed in them doesn't make me a fool, or prevent you from actually being the fool who fell for someone's sales pitch.

Stoping people who do not appear to be committing a crime, without a warrant, it's wrong regardless of how many law makers you pay off, or what un-American federal judge you get to says it's cool, the 4th amendment is written quite clearly and in simple terms, so simple even a "fool" like me can understand them, and those road blocks are unconstitutional, period.
 
Buuuuuut the law says lol

 
First of all I'm not talking about anything FAA related, and second just because you are onboard with unconstitutional "laws" and are well versed in them doesn't make me a fool, or prevent you from actually being the fool who fell for someone's sales pitch.

Stoping people who do not appear to be committing a crime, without a warrant, it's wrong regardless of how many law makers you pay off, or what un-American federal judge you get to says it's cool, the 4th amendment is written quite clearly and in simple terms, so simple even a "fool" like me can understand them, and those road blocks are unconstitutional, period.

So since you feel a law passed by the legislature is "wrong" and even if that law is codefied, you think you can make some inane argument using the 4th amendment of the US constitution (which clearly does not apply in this) that something is illegal when it's not?

Please cite case law that "clearly"makes those roadblocks unconstitutional".
 
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Notice that it only prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures. It goes on to specify the conditions for issuing a warrant, but no where does it specifically say that a warrant is required. And those, my friend, are the big loopholes through which many Mack Truck sized exceptions have been driven. :(
 
Well then you may want to review 91.203 regarding display of certificate.

Well, I don't think that applies. I'm talking about the stack of manuals required to be on board (the garmin stuff, the paper POH, etc.) The registration and airworthiness are in the holder that apparently is factory... in the back on the rear bulkhead, below the hat rack.
 
Well, I don't think that applies. I'm talking about the stack of manuals required to be on board (the garmin stuff, the paper POH, etc.) The registration and airworthiness are in the holder that apparently is factory... in the back on the rear bulkhead, below the hat rack.

Ok. I guess I misunderstood what you wrote which I quote below and have marked the relevant part.

I passively aggressively comply with this by keeping a canvas bag full of all the crap legally required to be on board.... in the very back. No way to reach it from the pilot's seat. But very easy to reach if ramp checked. In fact, I'd probably have to move the tiedown ropes, chocks, oil, rags and random other crap to get to them.

Owned the plane for 4 years. Never once looked at any of it.

As the thread was about the operating limitations which is part of a Special Airworthiness Certificate and most of the conversation revolved around these items and you wrote that you keep all of the legally required crap in the back in the canvas bag, I assumed that you were including the AW cert in your comment. Afterall, it is one of the legally required items.

I must ask another question if you will indulge me. Is the W&B one of the items that you have not once looked at in 4 years of ownership?
 
I must ask another question if you will indulge me. Is the W&B one of the items that you have not once looked at in 4 years of ownership?

Correct.

No one ever sits in the back seats. (Haven't since I bought it). My luggage load hasn't changed. I looked at once, calculated how fat the person next to me could be with full fuel and haven't thought about it since.

If a scenario comes up that isn't what I've pre calculated, then I'll simply refer to the -scans- of the poh (with the W&B data) and see if it's ok. My point here is that requiring paper copies is stupid. I worry every time I leave the airplane at a strange field someone's going to take 'em just because why not. I wish they were home where they were safe.
 
I have found a lot of useful information in the POH for some aircraft.

I feel responsible to know what is in the POH when I am pilot in command of that aircraft.
 
Correct.

No one ever sits in the back seats. (Haven't since I bought it). My luggage load hasn't changed. I looked at once, calculated how fat the person next to me could be with full fuel and haven't thought about it since.

If a scenario comes up that isn't what I've pre calculated, then I'll simply refer to the -scans- of the poh (with the W&B data) and see if it's ok. My point here is that requiring paper copies is stupid. I worry every time I leave the airplane at a strange field someone's going to take 'em just because why not. I wish they were home where they were safe.

Your approach to the W&B seems to be reasonable enough. Can't say that many of us don't do the same.

Still, I think carrying paper copies in case of an iPad/EFB failure and having them within reach is the prudent thing to do.
 
So since you feel a law passed by the legislature is "wrong" and even if that law is codefied, you think you can make some inane argument using the 4th amendment of the US constitution (which clearly does not apply in this) that something is illegal when it's not?

Please cite case law that "clearly"makes those roadblocks unconstitutional".

Case law? Oh where a federal judge said his federal judge friend said how the fed should have less power? Fox in the hen house eh?
 
Your approach to the W&B seems to be reasonable enough. Can't say that many of us don't do the same.

Still, I think carrying paper copies in case of an iPad/EFB failure and having them within reach is the prudent thing to do.

Honestly, in the event of an iPad/EFB failure, what information might you critically need while in-flight? In most smaller, simpler airplanes there aren't many, if any, scenarios that can't be dealt with without needing to reference the POH or W&B.
 
Because the government worker wanted to flex his "power"
My dad was the principal faa maintenance inspector at a major airline. At a small airport one day out flying with my brother he watched a guy obviously over load a Cherokee and try to get six people in it. My dad asked him if he checked his w&b. The guy told my dad to go f himself. Out came the credentials and all of the sudden the guy was very contrite. All my dad was trying to do was to keep that idiot from killing his pax. He had no intention of violating the jerk but gave him a w&b lecture.
 
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What is with these ramp checks?
Does similar happen in other parts of our lives?
Can a police officer stop you, if you are not meandering, speeding, swigging from a bottle of beer etc?
Can they stop you on the street and ask for your walking papers, if you are not seen or suspected of breaking the law?
Cops stop boaters all the time here in Florida. Usually checking for life vests and drunk idiots.
 
My dad was the principal faa maintenance inspector at a major airline. At a small airport one day out flying with my brother he watched a guy obviously over load a Cherokee and try to get six people in it. My dad asked him if he checked his w&b. The guy told my dad to go f himself. Out came the credentials and all of the sudden the guy was very contrite. All my dad was trying to do was to keep that idiot from killing his pax. He had no intention of violating the jerk but gave him a w&b lecture.

You're comparing keeping the exact same document on a iPad to someone critically overloading a plane.....


How about cops checking boaters? Have a problem with that? Most feds are just trying to make sure you are safe.

Yes I do,

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."


Unless that cop sees me doing something unsafe/illegal he has zero business bothering me
 
So I'd imagine since some unamerican tyrant said civil asset forfeiture is "legal" you're OK with that too?
Civil forfeiture isn't unconstitutional, per se. The Constitution just requires due process.
 
Civil forfeiture isn't unconstitutional, per se. The Constitution just requires due process.

Actually it is, it's also considers theft by most anyone who doesn't lick boots.


Or do you actually think the government will regulate it self, like how the police investigate themselves.
 
The sad thing is the 1990 SCOTUS decision vis a vis DUI checkpoints was nearly laughable. They basically said it was a violation fo the 4th amendment, but because it provided a social benefit its as OK. I kid you not.

That said, the SCOTUS made it the law of the land and that's what it is. What our contrarian doesn't realize is that our legal system works on precedent. Its precedent that says what the Constitution means, whatever you think it should mean. In my experience the things people say are unconstitutional are just the ones they don't like. Those saying income tax is unconstitutional are particularly funny.

But back to the topic at hand, I can't blame the FAA for checking on airshow performers. Don't want them doing that for attendees, though. I've been flying since 2001 and I've never been ramp checked. I guess I'm as popular with FAA apparatchiks as I am with everyone else.
 
The sad thing is the 1990 SCOTUS decision vis a vis DUI checkpoints was nearly laughable. They basically said it was a violation fo the 4th amendment, but because it provided a social benefit its as OK. I kid you not.

That said, the SCOTUS made it the law of the land and that's what it is. What our contrarian doesn't realize is that our legal system works on precedent. Its precedent that says what the Constitution means, whatever you think it should mean. In my experience the things people say are unconstitutional are just the ones they don't like. Those saying income tax is unconstitutional are particularly funny.

But back to the topic at hand, I can't blame the FAA for checking on airshow performers. Don't want them doing that for attendees, though. I've been flying since 2001 and I've never been ramp checked. I guess I'm as popular with FAA apparatchiks as I am with everyone else.

Right!

And you wonder why asking about jury nullification will get you out of jury duty with the swiftness lol
 
T In my experience the things people say are unconstitutional are just the ones they don't like.
There are very, very few for whom that is not the case. When someone talks about a process, their view is typically driven by the result they see from the process. My favorite is the intellectually dishonest "original intent" philosophy.

But that's nothing new. Perhaps I recall it vividly because it happened in a school setting. A small group of women were able to take advantage of the rules and some block voting to move into several positions of power within student government. You should hear the hew and cry from men who insisted it wasn't about women being successful but about how they unfairly used "the process." That was more than 40 years ago.
 
Civil forfeiture isn't unconstitutional, per se. The Constitution just requires due process.
And the Supreme Court has a very odd idea of what constitutes due process in the case of property forfeiture.
 
Can a police officer stop you, if you are not meandering, speeding, swigging from a bottle of beer etc?
Can they stop you on the street and ask for your walking papers, if you are not seen or suspected of breaking the law?
Don't get me started.
 
The sad thing is the 1990 SCOTUS decision vis a vis DUI checkpoints was nearly laughable. They basically said it was a violation fo the 4th amendment, but because it provided a social benefit its as OK. I kid you not.

That said, the SCOTUS made it the law of the land and that's what it is. What our contrarian doesn't realize is that our legal system works on precedent. Its precedent that says what the Constitution means, whatever you think it should mean. In my experience the things people say are unconstitutional are just the ones they don't like. Those saying income tax is unconstitutional are particularly funny.

But back to the topic at hand, I can't blame the FAA for checking on airshow performers. Don't want them doing that for attendees, though. I've been flying since 2001 and I've never been ramp checked. I guess I'm as popular with FAA apparatchiks as I am with everyone else.
Sigh. And then there's the issue of "entrapment" by law enforcement in "sting" operations. They may lie to you with impunity, but if you take the bait, the courts have held that you can be found guilty because taking the bait shows that you were "predisposed" to commit the crime. So LE can lie to you, but if you lie to them it is a crime.

As for the FAA, generally it's held that flying is a privilege and may be regulated differently than rights. Recall that the FAA was created in an era where "the public interest" was held to be more important than individual interests. So the agency was given the ability to create rules and enforce rules through "inspections" and adminstrative process. It's a condition of your license that you will comply. If you don't, you can lose the license, and if you operate without a license you violate Federal law. That can be prosecuted.

There are folks that think this is the right way to run things (see "second amendment debate"), while others think it impinges on freedom. Good luck winning an argument between the two.
 
There are folks that think this is the right way to run things (see "second amendment debate"), while others think it impinges on freedom. Good luck winning an argument between the two.
Yeah, I know what you mean. Me, I tend to kowtow to the Gods of practicality. In the system we have the FAA can claim to be safeguarding the public good, and for the most part leaves us alone so long as we don't prang anything or anyone. I'm pretty good with that.
 
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