Safe Extensions, Inc. v. Federal Aviation Administration

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.

TATEL, Circuit Judge.

In this case, a company argues that the Federal Aviation Administration arbitrarily and capriciously imposed a strict test on its product but not on other, similar products. The FAA responds with a laundry list of reasons why this court supposedly cannot hear this challenge. The FAA then argues that even if we may hear the case, substantial evidence supports its decision. Because the FAA’s jurisdictional arguments are wholly meritless and because the agency offers nothing more to justify its decision than one employee’s…