"Joe Johnson" wrote in message
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"Some Guy" wrote in message
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"John T" wrote in message

pilots licenses (certificates, if you're one of the picky)

It is not a question of picky. A certificate is what it is. Not a
permit,
license, pass, ticket, or rating. A certificate.

The FAA uses "certificate" and "license" essentially interchangably in
various publications...

Good point Joe.
Besides, a certificate is a "...written or printed statement testifying
to a fact, qualification..." and a license is "a formal permission to do
something; especially, authorization by law to do some specified thing..."
[Webster's Unabridged]
As in, the airman's certificate is a pilot's license to fly. The license
may or may not be a document.
In other words, I have a pilot's license granted by my airman's
certificate.
Some Guys just need to get over it.