Larry Delbert Pinney v. National Transportation Safety Board, and Federal Aviation Administration

GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge:

Pinney appeals from the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) order affirming the Federal .Aviation Administration’s (FAA) revocation of his airman certificates. This court has jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.CApp. § 1486(a)(1988). The FAA revoked Pinney’s certificates pursuant to 14 C.F.R. § 61.15, 1 based on his conviction for conspiring knowingly and intentionally to import marijuana into the United States. Pin-ney contends that, prior to 1984, the FAA did not have the statutory authority to promulgate § 61.15, and, even if it did, the proper sanction…