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RAMAPRAKASH v. F.A.A.

No. 02-1283.

346 F.3d 1121 (2003)

Tilak S. RAMAPRAKASH, Petitioner. v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION and National Transportation Safety Board, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 21, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark T. McDermott argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Peter J. Wiernicki.

Kathleen A. Yodice was on the brief for amicus curiae Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.

James A. Barry, Attorney, Federal Aviation Administration, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the briefs was Peter J. Lynch, Assistant Chief Counsel.

Before: ROGERS and ROBERTS, Circuit Judges, and SILBERMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROBERTS.

ROBERTS, Circuit Judge:

Learned Hand once remarked that agencies tend to "fall into grooves, ... and when they get into grooves, then God save you to get them out."1 Judge Hand never met the National Transportation Safety Board. In this case, we grant the petition for review because the Board has failed adequately to explain its departures from its own precedent in no fewer...

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