[GH85Carrera]

I don't hang out at the pilots lounge often, as a non pilot. I have been with my business partner several times waiting for the clouds to clear before we can do a photo mission.

More than a few of the old timers have been ramp checked. The FAA does have a few inspectors at the busier civil aviation airports. Evidently Wiley Post airport has had a few inspectors that love to play Barney Fife.

No doubt there are some sketchy aircraft in the skies, and the inspectors catch a few. It is just a pain for the ones trying to make a living, and following all the rules.

At our old job when we were working for a company, the company owned a 1965 Cessna 206 that was factory delivered as a photo ship with a 22 inch hole in the floor. The aircraft had insane flight hours on it, and it was on the 15th engine when we put on the 16th. It sometime flew 8 hours a day for weeks at a time.

It was some sort of ugly, faded paint, worn out seats, and sun cracked interior. Mechanically it was 100% solid. It was ramp checked back in the 1980s. They inspector just kept trying to find an issue, and in the end he had to admit it was all legal.