David has written about this general topic at least once earlier this month. Today I happened to come across some new information published by an anonymous blogger who goes by the handle “Tracing Woodgrains.” In real life he (or maybe she) is a law student who has a part time gig working for the Blocked and Reported podcast, which is co-hosted by Jesse Singal and Katie Herzog.
Through a series of accidents really, Woodgrains became interested in this particular story and spent an evening digging through the voluminous court filings. Today, he (or she) published the results on their own Substack site. This is truly a scandal.
A scandal at the FAA has been moving on a slow-burn through the courts for a decade, culminating in the class-action lawsuit currently known as Brigida v. Buttigieg, brought by a class who spent years and thousands of dollars in coursework to become air…
