Sat, May 29, 2010
Dan Gryder Was Arrested Last Fall On Assault Charges
The FAA is reportedly considering
suspending the license of Daniel Wayne Gryder, following his arrest
last fall on charges of aggravated assault and obstruction of an
officer.
As ANN reported in November, according to local law enforcement
reports (which a number of witnesses are disputing), Gryder
allegedly nearly clipped a Spaulding County, GA code enforcement
officer's vehicle with the wing of his DC-3 in an attempt to avoid
being arrested. The report at the time indicated that he was being
cited for unauthorized driving on airport property, but Gryder
allegedly refused to sign the documents, climbed into his 1937
DC-3, and started the engines. Gryder then allegedly ignored orders
to stop his plane from local police, and the only thing that
stopped him from flying away was a reported lack of fuel for the
airplane.
When he was refused refueling, he shut down the engines of the
vintage Douglas and submitted to arrest.
Now, television station WAGA in Atlanta reports that the FAA is
looking at suspending Gryder's pilots license for "reckless"
behaviour in the incident. The Fox station's report
appears haphazardly prepared, even calling the DC-3 a
'jet' and admitting that that they have not gotten Gryder's side of
the story.
Documents filed by the FAA indicate they consider his actions
"so careless" that he endangered the lives of others. A FOIA
request with the FAA confirms that a Notice of Proposed Certificate
Action is underway, but that the statement relies solely on
testimony by the same local airport officials who went
after Gryder in what has been described as a 'long-term'
campaign of mutual antagonism. A number of local reports from
persons with experience at the Griffin-Spaulding airport
suggest that Gryder's problems are due to a 'failure to play nice'
with political issues involving airport access and a local
government that has had more than its share of scandals in the last
few months.
Dan Gryder File Photo
The station reports that Delta has said Gryder is still flying
for them, after being suspended following the original incident
last fall. ANN is developing additional information on this story,
and will report it when it becomes available.
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