On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:50:24 -0500, "WRE"
(remove nospam) wrote:

It really amazes me that in this day and age you can file an IFR flight plan
and give any name you desire....and who knows if you have an instrument
rating.

How hard would it be for the FAA to require a Certificate # and cross
reference it with the name given when filing a flight plan?

And for the 120 days after issuance but before the computer is updated
to show your rating?

(don't go there, we all know it shouldn't take 120 days for a
certificate to be issued, especially now that they want everything
done in self-validating IACRA and credit card companies can spit out
and ship new cards same-day........)