regulations, or on the ragged edge, eventually get caught, or even worse, they end up having an accident. Consider the following scenario. Dick is planning to fly the following morning and real- izes that his medical certificate has expired. He knows that he will not have time to take a flight physical before his morning flight. Dick thinks to himself “The rules are too restrictive. Why should I spend the time and money on a physical when I will be the only one at risk if I fly tomorrow?” attitude is “resignation.” She has Dick decides to fly the next morning thinking that no harm will come as long as no one finds out that he is flying illegally. He pulls his gyroplane out from the hangar, does the preflight inspection, and is getting ready to start the engine when an FAA inspector walks up and greets him. The FAA inspector is conducting a random inspection and asks to see Dick’s pilot and medical certificates. Dick subjected himself to the hazardous attitude of “anti- authority.” Now, he will be unable to fly, and has invited an exhaustive review of his operation by the FAA. Dick could have prevented this event if had taken the time to think, “Follow the rules. They are usually right.” Regulations are implemented to protect aviation  personnel as well as the people who are not involved in aviation. Pilots who choose to operate outside of the leaves few places to safely land in the event of an emer- gency. The only suitable place to land other than the grass strip is to the west on a smooth section of the road leading to the house. During Judi’s training, her traffic patterns were always made with left turns. Figuring this was how she was to make all traffic patterns, she applied this to the grass strip at the ranch. In addition, she was uncomfortable with making turns to the right. Since, the wind at the ranch was predominately from the south, this meant that the traffic pattern was to the east of the strip. ANTI-AUTHORITY 22-3 Judi’ accepted the fact that her only course of action is to fly east of the strip, and if an emergency happens, there is not much she can do about it. The antidote to this  hazardous attitude ference.” Judi could easily modify her traffic pattern so that she is always within gliding distance of a  suitable landing area. In addition, if she was uncomfort- able with a maneuver, she could get additional training.