Siegel v. Adm'r of the Fed. Aviation Admin. & Nat'l Transp. Safety Bd.

Sentelle, Senior Circuit Judge:

Law enforcement officers responding to an airplane crash discovered THC-infused chocolate bars onboard. The pilot, Jeffrey Siegel, admitted that they were his. In this petition, Siegel claims that the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to revoke his pilot's certificate for knowingly operating an aircraft with narcotics onboard was arbitrary and capricious. We disagree and deny the petition.

I. Legal Background

The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), by statute, has the authority to prescribe regulations for "practices, methods, and…