FAA called after dad flies teen to school
CLERMONT (AP) – The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a helicopter ride that a central Florida father arranged for his teenager’s first day of school.
According a Lake County Sheriff’s Office report, Bart Sutherin flew his 14-year-old son, Joseph, to his first day of classes at East Ridge High School in a helicopter.
Sutherin landed the helicopter safely, but he didn’t clear the flight with the Lake County school district officials and sheriff’s office first.
Sutherin told officials that he wanted to “make a positive impression on the other students” on his son’s first day of ninth grade.