I know this is old but....

[undatc]

Was looking around on some NATCA forums and found a link to this story.  Kinda interesting she's been leading our industry for the last 5 years, and couldn't even pass a PP written.

http://www.aero-news.net/news/featurestories.cfm?ContentBlockID=f849643b-c050-4aea-b695-a60b2ba61db9&Dynamic=1

FAA Administrator Blakey Flunks Private Pilot Written Exam... For Fourth Time

Sun, 01 Apr '07
The PP Written Challenges Blakey

ANN 04.01.07 SPECIAL EDITION: Recent ANN requests for data under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed that the GA Industry's criticism of FAA Administrator Marion Blakey is apparently having an effect -- at least about her lack of a Pilot's license. The Administrator, God Bless Her, has been attempting to take and pass her Private Pilot written exam. Unfortunately, ANN has documented at least four attempts on her part to pass the exam... all of which failed to achieve a passing grade.

Blakey has been taking the highly regarded King School License Prep courses but constant interruptions (all those visits from her airline pals, doncha know...) during her attempts to view the course materials have apparently created a no-win situation in her quest for a passing grade. One aide reported her exasperation with her failures by disclosing some of her complaints about the process. The Administrator is rumored to have remarked, "Good grief, ask me how much it costs us to support all those Skyhawk pilots though airspace that rightfully belongs to the airlines and I can tell you right down to the penny... but what the hell is Carb Heat? Spatial Disorientation? Special VFR? I never found VFR to be that special to begin with, especially since we'll be able to charge GA out the butt for IFR flight plans as soon as I get my budget proposal passed... Yeeesh. Hey, is the Sport Pilot written any easier? Its gotta be easier... right?"

In the meantime, Ms. Blakey has called the infamous Flight Training Duo of John and Martha King for some personal tutelage before attempting her fifth shot at the exam... while TFRs for airspace restrictions near a local training airport are being prepared for the start of her upcoming flight training in the FAA's last available GA trainer -- a 12,400 hour Skyhawk, dubbed "User-Fee One." ANN, as always, will keep you informed as to how that goes.

haven't been able to find out if she ever did pass it.  My guess thou would be that she hasn't.  I origionally thought this might be a joke (look at the date) but considering how dim witted she has been, this has to be true.

[Frank N. O.]

I don't much about the FAA, heck I don't even know much about the SLV but that article, specifically the quotes sound fake.

Frank

[Baradium]

looks like a complete and utter spoof to me.

[Rooster Cruiser]

It sounds like something Waymon Dunlap (of Pacific Flyer fame) would write, but I think he'd be afraid of being sued for libel and wouldn't have published it in his paper.