Grossman

MEMORANDUM

The petitioner, Mark Lee Grossman, is a commercial airline pilot with American Eagle who faces a fifteen-day suspension of his pilot’s certifícate for failing to report a September 1994 conviction in California for driving under the influence of alcohol (“DUI”) within sixty days of the conviction, pursuant to 14 C.F.R. § 61.15 (e). Gross-man seeks review of an order of the National Transportation Safety Board (“NTSB” or “Board”), affirming the partial summary judgment order of the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) in favor of the *781 Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”). We affirm the NTSB’s decision and deny the petition for review.

I.

Grossman first became licensed to fly in 1986, at which time certificate holders were required to report DUI convictions only on their airman medical certificates. In 1990, new regulations promulgated by the FAA took effect which require that DUI convictions and other “motor vehicle actions” also be reported to the FAA’s security division within sixty days of the conviction. See 14 C.F.R. § 61.15 (e) (1999). On September 21, 1994, Gross-man was arrested for DUI in California. His driver’s license was suspended, pursuant to…