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RAWLINS v. NATIONAL TRANSP. SAFETY BD.

No. 87-4552 Summary Calendar.

837 F.2d 1327 (1988)

Paul E. RAWLINS, Petitioner, v. NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD and T. Allan McArtor, Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Slack, Austin, Tex., for petitioner.

Peter J. Lynch, Federal Aviation Admin., Office of the Chief Counsel, Karen R. Bury, Asst. Gen. Counsel, and John M. Stuhldreher, Gen. Counsel, Washington, D.C., for respondents.

Before GEE, GARWOOD, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Responding to petitioner's appeal from an order of the National Transportation Safety Board revoking his commercial pilot's license, we affirm that § 609(c) of the Federal Aviation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 1429(c), mandates this severe penalty for pilots who have knowingly trafficked in drugs.

In December 1985, Paul Rawlins piloted a Cessna 210 from Belize, Central America to Houston, Texas. The flight ended in a crash near...

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