Originally Posted by
timfountain
I'd like to agree but you should look at 49 C.F.R. § 1540.113. This implies that anyone who holds a pilots license may have that inspected by a TSO and further, the TSA may deem the pilot to be a security risk with the resulting revocation of their certificate.
In light of this I believe the OP had the right approach by not confirming whether they were a pilot, and with good reason given this particularly nasty piece of legislation.
I seriously doubt the authors of that law expected it to mean that anyone holding a pilot's license had to provide it on demand from a TSA employee at any arbitrary time. Though it seems so poorly worded as to allow just that.
Reading that text implies that TSA could set up a checkpoint on the interstate or on the street, ask people if they are pilots, and if they ("voluntarily") answer yes, demand to see their certificate. And that this absurd policy would apply, for example, to my father who holds such a certificate but has not flown an aircraft in nearly 25 years.
Papers please, anyone?
