That claim is preposterous to anyone who has actually worked for a contractor for a government agency I have actually authored statements which were posted on the FAA web site but were not considered the official position of the FAA Whether the task force my employer was a member of is a reliable source is a separate question as to whether the FAA is a reliable source I like to think we did adequate fact checking and we were tasked by the FAA to do adequate fact checking However the particular document I authored was the opinion of my employer presented to the task force I should add however that documents created by the task force were usually advice to the FAA That also seems to be the case for this document it consists of advice from the task force to DHS and does not necessarily represent the view of DHS