[Mahesh]

I have had an interesting thing happen, I don't know if this means anything. When I was working on my private pilot's certificate, I wasn't a US Citizen, I had a green card (now I am a proud US citizen! :-)).
Anyway, we keep folders with detailed information on students at my flight school. One day after a flight last year, I noticed that my folder had disappeared. The only people that access the files are instructors and their students. Then a week later, the folder was back where it should have been. My instructor swore that he didn't touch it. I was in my solo phase at that time and hadn't even seen him in a couple of weeks. I wonder if "someone" was going through looking the files. Ha ha ha.
In all seriousness, I don't care if people check up on me. I have nothing to hide. But I am afraid that some people, given too much unchecked power, tend to abuse it. Allowing an agency to set its own rules with no repercussions is kind of scary.

Mahesh