[robertpaulsen]

"If you were talking about someone piloting an airplane on the ground on their own property, your example would be accurate."

I'm talking about a private individual engaging in a non-commercial activity completely within his state. It is not commerce. It is not interstate.

Yet you and I agree that Congress (via the FAA) may regulate his activities if and when those activities have a substantial effect on the interstate commerce (commercial flights) that Congress is constitutionally regulating.

[mysterio]

Yet you and I agree that Congress (via the FAA) may regulate his activities if and when those activities have a substantial effect on the interstate commerce (commercial flights) that Congress is constitutionally regulating.

If he doesn't leave the ground of his property, the FAA does not regulate his piloting of an airplane. Hence, your example is false.