Feds Against Aviation

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From AVWEB:

ALOUETTE HELICOPTERS DECLARED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BY THE FAA
(www.avweb.com/
When Joe Altizer's employer (Marpat Aviation of Logan, West Virginia) bought three French-built Alouette helicopters, they'd all been flying previously in the U.S. All three came certified in the standard
category and with current airworthiness certificates. A couple of weeks ago, FAA inspectors, accompanied by state troopers, visited Altizer's hangar and grounded the helicopters, resulting in the layoff
of two pilots and a very uncertain future for the company.

The FAA says the absence of a piece of paperwork called a Certificate of Airworthiness for Export, which should have been with the aircraft when they were originally certified in the U.S., means they aren't
eligible for that certification, and inspectors are tracking down all the Alouettes in the U.S. to possibly ground them as well. What's frustrating Altizer and other Alouette operators is the FAA doesn't seem to have a solution for a bureaucratic error of their own making and it's the current aircraft owners who are paying the price. We've contacted the FAA and expect a response from them shortly, but, in the meantime, AVweb's Russ Niles talked with Altizer about the unusual situation and the burden it's placing on unsuspecting Alouette owners.

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The FAA says the absence of a piece of paperwork called a Certificate of Airworthiness for Export, which should have been with the aircraft when they were originally certified in the U.S., means they aren't eligible for that certification...

So you want the FAA to allow aircraft to fly that aren't certified as airworthy?

This is just a bureaucratic paperwork snafu, and not an attempt by the Feds to be "against aviation".

Now if that had been an unregistered machinegun, then the owner would be facing 10 years in prison, rather than just chasing down some paperwork.

[rushmc 23]

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The FAA says the absence of a piece of paperwork called a Certificate of Airworthiness for Export, which should have been with the aircraft when they were originally certified in the U.S., means they aren't eligible for that certification...

So you want the FAA to allow aircraft to fly that aren't certified as airworthy?

Now if that had been an unregistered machinegun, then the owner would be doing 10 years in prison.

Uh, but they HAVE airworthiness certs right now so they have the paperwork. The FAA issues that paperwork and is now saying because we (the FAA) did not give you that first piece of paper the second peice of paper is no good? Im I understanding this correctly??

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if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
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Yep. Typical FAA situation. They needed to have more paperwork so they create new forms to fill out.

The FAA tried to ground all the Otters a few years ago since the paperwork to remove the doors on them wasn't exactly want they wanted in a field inspection even though the headquarters passed it off as fine years before.

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Yep. Typical FAA situation. They needed to have more paperwork so they create new forms to fill out.

The FAA tried to ground all the Otters a few years ago since the paperwork to remove the doors on them wasn't exactly want they wanted in a field inspection even though the headquarters passed it off as fine years before.

Some Fed Depts have to find reasons to justify thier pay, even if they need to invent it

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

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Failing to have a Certificate of Airworthiness for Export is the fault of the FAA? How so? Seems the fault would lie with the exporter and importer.
Whenever I shipped a truck overseas it was my responsibility to make sure all paperwork was in order, not the governments.