In article , Ekim
wrote:

Go to http://registry.faa.gov/airmen.asp
and click on "Interactive Airmen Inquiry Web Site".

How current is the airmen database?
If the FAA issues a new certificate sometime today, Does the website
show it immediately? The next day? Within a week?

Maybe... maybe not.
If the certificate holder elected to opt out, the information will
never appear to the public.