felony

[Jolly Roger]

I have a reative (I swear!) who has been convicted of a felony. He had a few ratings, but is in jail now. He asked me if he could ever fly again in any capacity when I visited him yesterday, and mentioned the sport pilot route.... I have been out of GA so long, that my info is useless. Thanks for your time!

 

[Princedietrich]

As a private pilot going for a $100 hamburger on the weekends, possible.

As a commercial pilot in any sort of fly-for-hire capacity, I seriously doubt it.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

In ten years.

 

[ms6073]

As long as the crime committed did involve violations of FAR's or impact air safety, then I imagine your relative's airman certificate(s) as offenses involving alchohol or drugs most likely will result in a suspension or revocation of any certificate, rating, or authorization. Also, the next time your relative renews his medical certificate, he will have to report the conviction and associated details. Depending on the crime, the aeromedical branch may decide that your relative poses a hazard to air safety and may therefore use relevant sections from FAR 67.107 to support the assumption that your relative is unable to safely perform the duties or exercise the privileges of his airman certificate. To that extent the Aeromedical branch may even require substantial mental health screenings/evaluations in order to determine 'eligibility' for continued medical certification (see FAR 67.107: Mental to get an idea).

 

[Jolly Roger]

Thanks, guys,

Yeah the relative is actually my dad... killed a guy under some extreme circumstances:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49360

He has a couple thousand hours, including many as a helicopter cop in San Antonio TX. He is now 63 and only interested in flying for fun.. I was thinking about buying something we could fly together some day. He will get out soon, and always loved to fly. He may get a pardon some day, but until then will be a convicted felon... thanks again for the replies, and anyone with more info feel free to post or pm... it looks like the medical will be the problem.

 

[B-J-J Fighter]

That sucks for your dad, sorry to hear about that. I don't think anything would stop him from flying again professionally if he wanted to again. I know I place or 2 that would probably put him to work the day he gets out of jail if he wants to fly again and one of them is flying a helo.

 

[gsrcrsx68]

Well since you put the link up...

Anybody looking at that link might want to realize it is an appearently far right wing website.

The article seems to ignore the fact the shooting was an execution of a man in handcuffs, only found out by a video tape in the officers car. Further the officer had a different story than what the tape showed.

It is obviously a terrible situation and I sure has caused an awful amount of pain for everyone effected.

As far as flying again, I hope something works out for him. It sounds like he has probably paid dearly for a situation that he never asked for in the first place. I am just sitting here shaking my head and thinking...pretty good chance I would have done the same.

 

[NW_Pilot]

Wow!!!! what a story not to be rude but That guy should have got life in a hospital he did cross the line the guy was bound and unarmed! I wonder how he would be in a real stressful situation while piloting an airplane? Would he snap or would he be able to control himself? But maybe the punishment of solitary confinement for a year taught him something or could have made his illness worse! It’s sad that our country will imprison sick people instead of getting them the required medical attention they need. Next thing you will know our government will be placing people with cancer in prison just for having an illness. I hope the guy gets to fly again but maybe his PIC days are over it may be up to his parole officer and a medical professional to decide. "Police department should pay for all medical treatment"

 

[MaxTorque]

I would fly with your dad any day. Given the opportunity, I would be proud to shake his hand and buy him dinner.

MT

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Dude, what a crazy story.

Sorry this happened to your Dad. I think most of us would have wanted to do the same as well to this piece of vermin after witnessing all of this.

The stomach flu, wedding anniversary, unscheduled duty, etc. - Murphy's Law took him out that night. He shouldn't have been there. Just like the chain of events that normally lead up to an airplane accident, if only he could have broken the link somewhere along the night.