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04.01.07 Edition: FAA Administrator Blakey Flunks Private Pilot Written
Exam... For Fourth Time The PP Written Challenges Blakey
ANN 04.01.07 SPECIAL EDITION: Recent ANN
requests for data under the Freedom of Information Act have
revealed that the GA Industry's criticism of FAA Administrator
Marion Blakey is apparently having an effect -- at least about her
lack of a Pilot's license. The Administrator, God Bless Her, has
been attempting to take and pass her Private Pilot written exam.
Unfortunately, ANN has documented at least four attempts on her
part to pass the exam... all of which failed to achieve a passing
grade.
Blakey has been taking the highly regarded King School License
Prep courses but constant interruptions (all those visits from her
airline pals, doncha know...) during her attempts to view the
course materials have apparently created a no-win situation in her
quest for a passing grade. One aide reported her exasperation with
her failures by dislosing some of her complaints about the process.
The Administrator is rumored to have remarked, "Good grief, ask me
how much it costs us to support all those Skyhawk pilots though
airspace that rightfully belongs to the airlines and I can tell you
right down to the penny... but what the hell is Carb Heat? Spatial
Disorientation? Special VFR? I never found VFR to be that special
to begin with, especially since we'll be able to charge GA out the
butt for IFR flight plans as soon as I get my budget proposal
passed... Yeeesh. Hey, is the Sport Pilot written any easier? Its
gotta be easier... right?"
In the meantime, Ms. Blakey has called the infamous Flight
Training Duo of John and Martha King for some personal tutelage
before attempting her fifth shot at the exam... while TFRs for
airspace restrictions near a local training airport are being
prepared for the start of her upcoming flight training in the FAA's
last available GA trainer -- a 12,400 hour Skyhawk, dubbed
"User-Fee One." ANN, as always, will keep you informed as to how
that goes.
FMI: www.Hey-FAA--Pass-THIS!.com
Exam... For Fourth Time The PP Written Challenges Blakey
ANN 04.01.07 SPECIAL EDITION: Recent ANN
requests for data under the Freedom of Information Act have
revealed that the GA Industry's criticism of FAA Administrator
Marion Blakey is apparently having an effect -- at least about her
lack of a Pilot's license. The Administrator, God Bless Her, has
been attempting to take and pass her Private Pilot written exam.
Unfortunately, ANN has documented at least four attempts on her
part to pass the exam... all of which failed to achieve a passing
grade.
Blakey has been taking the highly regarded King School License
Prep courses but constant interruptions (all those visits from her
airline pals, doncha know...) during her attempts to view the
course materials have apparently created a no-win situation in her
quest for a passing grade. One aide reported her exasperation with
her failures by dislosing some of her complaints about the process.
The Administrator is rumored to have remarked, "Good grief, ask me
how much it costs us to support all those Skyhawk pilots though
airspace that rightfully belongs to the airlines and I can tell you
right down to the penny... but what the hell is Carb Heat? Spatial
Disorientation? Special VFR? I never found VFR to be that special
to begin with, especially since we'll be able to charge GA out the
butt for IFR flight plans as soon as I get my budget proposal
passed... Yeeesh. Hey, is the Sport Pilot written any easier? Its
gotta be easier... right?"
In the meantime, Ms. Blakey has called the infamous Flight
Training Duo of John and Martha King for some personal tutelage
before attempting her fifth shot at the exam... while TFRs for
airspace restrictions near a local training airport are being
prepared for the start of her upcoming flight training in the FAA's
last available GA trainer -- a 12,400 hour Skyhawk, dubbed
"User-Fee One." ANN, as always, will keep you informed as to how
that goes.
FMI: www.Hey-FAA--Pass-THIS!.com
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