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So I really don't understand the FAA. I applied for a waiver to fly at night under my Part 107. I read their "performance standards" and addressed each point in my request. I included my use of a visual observer and my addition of anti-collision lights.
I also included my prior experience: 1300 hrs as a rotorcraft pilot, 1200 of this in Law Enforcement, 800+ as PIC, almost 700 hrs at night, more than half of that as PIC. We were based out of Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta, the busiest airport in the world. I also had to contend with busy airspace over downtown Atlanta with all the EMS, GA and other helicopters, as well as 3 Class D airports, one of which was an Air Reserve base.
If I'm not qualified to fly my Phantom at night, who is? The big thing that ticks me off is that in the denial letter, they just say I left out info, didn't follow the "performance standards," and that I should reapply with that info included. BUT, they don't say what was wrong or left out. Really???? How am I supposed to fix something when you don't tell me what's wrong? Can you imagine a school teacher saying that to a student? This work is wrong, but you need to figure out what you missed...ridiculous.
To top it off, there's no contact info in the letter or email to ask the person who denied my waiver any questions about it.
I'm trying to figure out what my next step will be. Anyone have good results with their waiver request for night ops that can give some insight?
Thanks,
Yaniv
I also included my prior experience: 1300 hrs as a rotorcraft pilot, 1200 of this in Law Enforcement, 800+ as PIC, almost 700 hrs at night, more than half of that as PIC. We were based out of Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta, the busiest airport in the world. I also had to contend with busy airspace over downtown Atlanta with all the EMS, GA and other helicopters, as well as 3 Class D airports, one of which was an Air Reserve base.
If I'm not qualified to fly my Phantom at night, who is? The big thing that ticks me off is that in the denial letter, they just say I left out info, didn't follow the "performance standards," and that I should reapply with that info included. BUT, they don't say what was wrong or left out. Really???? How am I supposed to fix something when you don't tell me what's wrong? Can you imagine a school teacher saying that to a student? This work is wrong, but you need to figure out what you missed...ridiculous.
To top it off, there's no contact info in the letter or email to ask the person who denied my waiver any questions about it.
I'm trying to figure out what my next step will be. Anyone have good results with their waiver request for night ops that can give some insight?
Thanks,
Yaniv