I hate calling things like this a privilege. It's licensed and regulated for the safety and benefit of the people who fly and live underneath airspace (all of us).
There are too many things involving the government that have turned into privileges where it takes knowing someone or being able to afford access to obtain action.
Having the fortune of health/time/money is a privilege. Getting the license after meeting the requirements should automatically follow and not be at the whims of privilege.
I do get what you're saying, but there are people using "privilege not a right" literally to mean that someone gets to decide whether the person is worthy beyond some standard criteria.
Yup I see the distinction and I agree with you. It also means that you will loose that right for breaking any rules / regulations of that license; but the gray area I guess is the unwritten rules governing safety alongside written ones.
We’ll likely see amendments codifying those unwritten rules into existing legislation soon enough.
I hate calling things like this a privilege. It's licensed and regulated for the safety and benefit of the people who fly and live underneath airspace (all of us).
There are too many things involving the government that have turned into privileges where it takes knowing someone or being able to afford access to obtain action.