Stych

'Cause you can't teach those guys anything!!! Just kidding... Really. I hope I'm not painting with too broad a brush here, and to be honest, I've worked "with" some really decent feds over the years. The thing is though, at least on the FSDO side, I'd guess that their reputation for being agreeable to field approvals was viewed unfavorably down in America, so here we are now.

"Luckily Shannon you're in Alaska where the FAA is very user friendly and still willing to due Field Approvals. That was then. They've gone very much the other way now, at least in ANC. Wish it weren't the case.