You are here: Home / Legal Bulletins / Aviation

Miles Named to Aerospace Museum Board

April 26, 2012 By admin

Firm founder Larry Miles has been named to the Aerospace Museum of California Board of Directors.  Located in McClellan Air Park in Sacramento, the Museum features dozens of historical airplanes and aerospace exhibits and is heavily involved in educational opportunities for area students.

“As a pilot, as a member of a long-time Air Force family, and as a school board trustee who strongly supports public education, I am just thrilled to be a part of supporting this nationwide treasure,” Larry said.  “I look forward on the Board to helping continue the important work started by the museum’s founders.”

 

Filed Under: Aviation, Legal Bulletins, MLF News

Miles Presents FAA Master Pilot Award to Cal Worthington

January 31, 2012 By admin

Larry Miles joins the FAA's Gary Jestice in presenting the Master Pilot Award to Cal Worthington.

Larry Miles joined the FAA in presenting the prestigious Master Pilot Award to Cal Worthington in a special award ceremony at the McClellan Aerospace Museum on January 29, 2012.  The FAA honored Cal for 70 years of safe and violation-free flying.

Cal spoke about his 70 years of flying experience, including an extended recollection of his 29 missions during WWII.  A recepient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, Cal recalled some of his most harrowing missions, including being the lead pilot for the 8th Air Force in several raids over Berlin.

“As a pilot of over 40 years myself, I am honored to be able to join with the FAA in honoring Cal for this remarkable aviation achievement,” Larry said.   Larry went on to describe some of his many hours flying with Cal, including a challenging flight in a King Air repossessed from a drug-dealer, taking off from San Jose Airport as the ground shook and the tower closed during the Loma Prieta earthquake, and a memorable landing in Anchorage in a Lear 24 that slid across the runway covered in sheer ice.

“From WWII to flying his Lear, Cal has always kept the safety of his crew and passengers foremost,” Larry said.

In addition to being a commercial rated, multi-engine instrument pilot, Larry has a significant aviation practice, including serving as a panel attorney for the Airplane Owners and Pilots Association (“AOPA”).

 

Filed Under: Aviation, Legal Bulletins, MLF News

Miles Wins Precedent Setting NTSB Case

September 30, 2010 By admin
B-55 Baron

Mr. Miles' prior plane, a B-55 Baron.

In FAA vs. Fahning, a 2003 decision by the NTSB, Larry Miles persuaded the NTSB in an emergency Petition to overrule the FAA’s issuance of an immediate Emergency Revocation (“ER”) of Mr. Fahning’s pilots and mechanics licenses. The Petition at the time was just the third case in which an airman had persuaded the NTSB to overrule the FAA on the issuance of an ER.

“This was a horrible case in which the FAA conducted a sloppy investigation, and erroneously concluded that Mr. Fahning, a commercial pilot and mechanic with a long and impressive aviation career, had falsified aircraft logs,” Miles commented.

Immediate Response Needed

“This case was incredibly difficult because the law gives an aggrieved airman or mechanic just a few days to respond to an Emergency Revocation, and is heavily biased in favor of the FAA’s determination,” Miles observed. “The time to respond has already elapsed by the time most pilots or mechanics talk with an attorney. In this case, our Petition contesting the FAA’s action was due the day after we first saw our client,”

The Fahning decision is now a national precedent in NTSB practice, standing for the proposition that the Board, which must assume the truth of the facts alleged by the FAA in an Emergency Revocation may, nonetheless, consider other facts to establish the “context” of the alleged violations, and thus the appropriateness and necessity to immediately revoke the licenses in controversy.

Aviation Practice

 In addition to helping aviation professionals and businesses with administrative proceedings, Miles advises his aviation clientele in a variety of areas, ranging from the acquisition of aircraft, to mediating and arbitrating aviation lawsuits. A pilot for over thirty years, Miles also serves as a panel attorney for the Airplane Owners and Pilot Association’s (“AOPA”) Legal Panel, and is a member of the Lawyer-Pilot’s Bar Association and the NTSB Bar Association. Miles is a commercial pilot, instrument rated, with land and seaplane ratings. He flies a Bonanza A-36.

 

Filed Under: Appellate Advocacy, Aviation, Litigation, MLF News Tagged With: FAA
Powered by Netfirms