LAWRENCEVILLE GA- The first Saturday Aviation Program & Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, October 5th will feature Alan Armstrong, an aviation lawyer practicing in Atlanta. Held at the Gwinnett County Airport-Briscoe Field - KLZU from 8:00 til noon in the EAA 690 facility. A lawyer and pilot for nearly 37 years, the focus of his practice is representing pilots and aircraft operators in civil litigation, in the acquisition of aircraft, in structuring corporate flight departments and in pilot enforcement actions litigated before the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
Over the course of his career, Alan has taken positions questioning arbitrary actions of government agencies:
(1) On November 15, 1989, he testified before the House Aviation Subcommittee on Public Works and Transportation regarding constitutional issues presented in the FAA's Civil Penalty Assessment Demonstration Program (CPDP).
(2) On April 10, 1992, he organized and presented a mock trial at Sun-N-Fun.
(3) Beginning in 2009, he made a series of presentations around the country about the problems presented with the Transportation Security Administration's Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP). One of those presentations was before EAA Chapter 690 on January 8, 2010.
(4) He traveled to Washington D.C. to meet with Congressman Sam Graves and his Legislative Assistant, Mike Matousek to discuss LASP, and this culminated in a Town Hall Meeting broadcast live on Warbird Radio.
(5) In 2010, Alan wrote an article published in the Journal of Air Law and Commerce entitled: Call for a Congressional Inquiry into the Arbitrary and Capricious Actions of the National Transportation Safety Board. The Journal is one of the most prestigious and influential publications read by aviation lawyers and industry professionals throughout the United States. In the article Alan examined the growing trend of NTSB decisions where the Board had either deferred to the FAA in deciding the case or rendered an ad hoc decision without any basis in case law, statutes or regulations to support the Board's decision against the airman. Alan's paper was circulated among members of the United States Congress. Alan worked with Congressman Sam Graves' office in suggesting drafting language for the Pilot's Bill of Rights.
Recently the Pilots Bill of Rights became a reality and is now the law of the land. Alan will share with the audience some of the problems he identified in his article that led to his participation in the initiative to implement the Pilots Bill of Rights. -Staff Report, FMI: http://www.690.eaachapter.org/ and http://www.alanarmstronglaw.com/