Originally Posted by
de727ups
"Only if ACTUALLY convicted do you have to notify the FAA"
Rick. Most of the time I agree with you but this is incorrect.
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/...i/airman_faqs/
You have to report an administrative action. In my state, that's what happens when you get arrested for DUI.
The arrest is not an administrative action if nothing comes of it or if it gets reduced to non-DUI violation...if they suspend your DL after the arrest but before the trial (some states do this) that would count I think.
I'd probably call AOPA and see what they have to say.