Jack C. Blackwell and William C. Strand v. Langhorne M. Bond, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration

Jack C. Blackwell and William C. Strand (Pilots), two certified commercial pilots, appeal the orders of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) suspending their airman pilot certificate for fifteen days for violation of §§ 91.79(c) and 91.9 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR), 14 C.F.R. §§ 91.79(c), 91.9 (1979). These orders were affirmed by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) after a hearing before a NTSB administrative law judge although the AU did reduce the suspension to ten days. On appeal, the NTSB affirmed the ALJ’s orders and later denied a petition for rehearing.…