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From: Hamid Wasti <hwasti@lm50.com>
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Subject: Re: [LML] Re: FAA comment on new 51%  A/B Ruling
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John Hafen wrote:
> Ok Hamid,  I'll bite.
>
> You obviously disagree with my statement.  So I respectfully stand by to
> hear your rationale.
John,

You have made a claim that commercial builders are better than amateurs. 
It is up to you to back up that claim by facts rather than expect others 
to just take you for your word for it.

> Meanwhile, I'll continue to prepare my list of specific things where I felt
> the commercial builder expertise was superior to mine.
>   
That is one very narrow example of one builder's capability or lack 
thereof. If you feel that you personally lack the capability to safely 
build an airplane, then be responsible and don't. But under your 
proposal, there is nothing preventing a person with even less expertise 
and capability than you from declaring himself to be a "professional" 
and claiming the superior expertise that you are looking for.

How do you propose protecting the unsuspecting consumer that lacks the 
ability to discern good and bad workmanship from buying your product? 
Maybe this idiot does not deserve any protection from the nanny state 
and should be allowed to get themselves killed doing something stupid if 
they choose. But what about "the public," the unsuspecting person who 
was not a party to this transaction whose head the plane will come 
crashing down on? Even the most out there libertarian position does not 
claim an individual's right to harm others. Should the regs that allow 
"professionally built" airplanes also prevent them from flying over 
populated areas, flying in the IFR system or landing at busy airports? 
Or should the FAA monitor the "professional builders" and make sure that 
they meet a certain minimum standard -- they already do, they are called 
certified manufacturers.

Regards,

Hamid