I don’t get it. Saying you have a license when you don’t is a pretty blatant and ridiculous lie. For all of us who have passed written and oral exams, we knew passing the checkride was a big deal and we weren’t done until it was.
This is like saying, “I graduated from MIT” because life has taught me all the lessons the classes would have.
Perhaps, he stayed at a Holiday Inn Express? That trumps, pardon the pun, the necessary credentials.
For Big People, fraud is an inadvertent, administrative oversight.
For Little People, fraud is jail-time.
And so it goes.
Mr. Bedford, if confirmed, do you believe that your staff will respect you?
Ironic coming from an administration attacking DEI. Through my career, I saw far more incompetence and corruption due to white male privilege (e.g., nepotism, cronyism, etc.) than ever imaginable from DEI. Just another example here.
I once had a lot of respect for Bedford. As an Aviation Safety Inspector, I worked with one of the Air Carriers that Bedford headed. Today, I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO RESPECT FOR HIM. He reminds me of a certain aviation “expert”, whose highest Certification was “Student Pilot.”
And NOBODY looked up his credentials prior to this fiasco? Not saying much for the Board of Directors at Republic or Trump’s vetting team.
Well, not quickly corrected as Republic let it stand for years?
On the one hand, this guy has very good experience. And we certainly have good reason to fear the next candidate if he is told to withdraw.
Still… FAR 61.153c which relates to eligibility for ATP says “good moral character;”
Maybe I am among the very few who still think it matters. Say I am a dinosaur. I just have trouble swallowing that an applicant for an ATP might be turned down for some minor pecadillo and that person would have to swallow that the guy who would sign his certificate is no better.
Really?
AvWeb software is indeed variable, I’ve seen that phenomenon several times.
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