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I'm a prospective CFI and I happen to work in a federal prison. Recently, one of the inmates that I interact with regularly told me that when he gets out, he wants to finish his PPL, then go IRA and probably even Commercial. I told him that on the MedExpress form there is a question (18w) that asks about all felony and misdemeanor convictions.
His convictions are sex-related, not drug-related so that aspect is clear. (Obviously, I don't know his full medical/criminal history.)
My question is not so much to help him, but as a prospective CFI, if this comes up with one of my future students, how do non-drug felonies/misdemeanors affect your ability to get a Medical Cert? I know that the 61.153 (c) has a clause about "good moral character" for ATP, but I'm specifically just looking at the medical for now. His offenses are already over a decade old (he's been in prison longer than that) and, according to him, he has the finances to just go full ahead with his training.
Posting anonymously to (literally) protect the guilty.
His convictions are sex-related, not drug-related so that aspect is clear. (Obviously, I don't know his full medical/criminal history.)
My question is not so much to help him, but as a prospective CFI, if this comes up with one of my future students, how do non-drug felonies/misdemeanors affect your ability to get a Medical Cert? I know that the 61.153 (c) has a clause about "good moral character" for ATP, but I'm specifically just looking at the medical for now. His offenses are already over a decade old (he's been in prison longer than that) and, according to him, he has the finances to just go full ahead with his training.
Posting anonymously to (literally) protect the guilty.
