Reading this story, knowing almost nothing about this guy, it sounds like he went and got his license just to try to put the screws to actual pilots, maybe pilots in a union?
And then he lied about the level of licensure he obtained?
This is classic business person shit and any pilot, it seems to me, should be fucking worried that a guy like that would be running the FAA.
At least, that’s my non-pilot layman’s take. Am I way off?
It seems like a weird one to lie about because the Commercial is not terribly difficult compared to the Instrument rating, just a few extra maneuvers and tighter tolerances. That said, most people don’t know what it means if you say “I’m a private pilot and have my instrument rating” so I wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t fly enough to care so lies about this in everyday life.
I’m also a layman - I didn’t finish training to become a private pilot.
Thinking about this, it IS possible that he held a commercial certificate and it got revoked because his DPE was caught doing something shady and the FAA invalidated all certa issued by the DPE, pending a new checkride. It’s happened before.
I’m not sure how it would show up in the website though.
I remember something regarding shady examiners, but I assumed the FAA got those people rechecked with priority since, as I recall, it affected a lot of working commercial pilots.
I would also assume they would have offered that explanation rather than scrubbing the internet.
I think that explanation is probably unlikely here.
Reading this story, knowing almost nothing about this guy, it sounds like he went and got his license just to try to put the screws to actual pilots, maybe pilots in a union?
And then he lied about the level of licensure he obtained?
This is classic business person shit and any pilot, it seems to me, should be fucking worried that a guy like that would be running the FAA.
At least, that’s my non-pilot layman’s take. Am I way off?
It seems like a weird one to lie about because the Commercial is not terribly difficult compared to the Instrument rating, just a few extra maneuvers and tighter tolerances. That said, most people don’t know what it means if you say “I’m a private pilot and have my instrument rating” so I wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t fly enough to care so lies about this in everyday life.
I’m also a layman - I didn’t finish training to become a private pilot.
Thinking about this, it IS possible that he held a commercial certificate and it got revoked because his DPE was caught doing something shady and the FAA invalidated all certa issued by the DPE, pending a new checkride. It’s happened before.
I’m not sure how it would show up in the website though.
https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/airmeninquiry/Main.aspx
I remember something regarding shady examiners, but I assumed the FAA got those people rechecked with priority since, as I recall, it affected a lot of working commercial pilots.
I would also assume they would have offered that explanation rather than scrubbing the internet.
I think that explanation is probably unlikely here.
Well, he could also not be flying anymore so never retook his checkride.
All that’s to say, it may be a possibility. I’m unable to offer insight on the likelihood of it being fact.