"This same CFI has his address listed with the FAA as being in one state, his mailing address is in another state, and his driver's license and actual home are in a third state. He has pulled a few stunts that make me shake my head. Anything he thinks is OK makes me think twice."
The FAA only requires that updates be made to the permanant mailing address. Many pilots use a relative such as a parent, due to the frequent moves that often accompany life in this industry. Where the pilot's mailing address exists is inconsequential, so long as the FAA has the permanant mailing address.
Most of my career my driver's license has been in another state than my residence. Presently I use a drivers license from one state, and identification cards (state ID's) from two other states, as well as a concealed weapon permit from yet another. Not a big deal; all legal, all legitimate.
I was once denied purchase of a firearm based on my identification because I had "too much" ID. THe counter girl told me that the law is written to prevent people like me with too much identification from purchasing or owning a firearm. A quick call to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation got that straightened out in a hurry, and I was sold the weapon.
My airman certificates, instructor certificates, flight engineer certificate, mechanic certificates, etc, don't have a current address on them. Neither does my drivers license. None of my pieces of identification do. All, however, testify as to who I am, with my personal data, photo ID, etc.
I wouldn't base a determination of integrity on having one too many addresses. If that were the case, I would be in a world of hurt. I'm a decent individual (so long as newspaper is kept on the floor, plastic on the furnature, and I'm fed first), but moving is an occupational hazard of the industry, and few of us are exceptions.
The FAA only requires that updates be made to the permanant mailing address. Many pilots use a relative such as a parent, due to the frequent moves that often accompany life in this industry. Where the pilot's mailing address exists is inconsequential, so long as the FAA has the permanant mailing address.
Most of my career my driver's license has been in another state than my residence. Presently I use a drivers license from one state, and identification cards (state ID's) from two other states, as well as a concealed weapon permit from yet another. Not a big deal; all legal, all legitimate.
I was once denied purchase of a firearm based on my identification because I had "too much" ID. THe counter girl told me that the law is written to prevent people like me with too much identification from purchasing or owning a firearm. A quick call to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation got that straightened out in a hurry, and I was sold the weapon.
My airman certificates, instructor certificates, flight engineer certificate, mechanic certificates, etc, don't have a current address on them. Neither does my drivers license. None of my pieces of identification do. All, however, testify as to who I am, with my personal data, photo ID, etc.
I wouldn't base a determination of integrity on having one too many addresses. If that were the case, I would be in a world of hurt. I'm a decent individual (so long as newspaper is kept on the floor, plastic on the furnature, and I'm fed first), but moving is an occupational hazard of the industry, and few of us are exceptions.
