Originally Posted by
1bdun
Someone chime in if I am wrong, but it is my understanding that FAA records include LOIs, accidents, incidents and violations. Check rides are not included in this. Airline training records go back only five years, and this is where a busted checkride would show up.
Also, I do remember it was proposed for the FAA to keep these listed items on record "forever", but never did hear a follow up or if it came to fruition. I am sure lawyers were all over that proposal.
My suggestion would be to contact Lori Clark at Clark Aviation Consulting.
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Actually LOIs, accidents, and incidents are NOT part of PRIA. The FAA specifically states that being involved in one does not automatically mean the pilot screwed up. Open investigations (LOI) are not reported since the outcome is unkown. If you got a violation out of the deal, THAT would go into PRIA. I'm not sure about warnings.
Of course airlines can (and do) use the FOIA to get accident/incident records so I wouldn't lie about them.
Congress told the FAA to keep the info forever, I think they are still working out the deatils of a national database which will also include all employer PRIA info in one place. Will simply PRIA checks and take all of the guesswork out of the process since you should be able to eventually get a printout of ALL your PRIA data from the FAA.
The FAA does not know how they will track checkride failures yet...I think they either discard those pink slips or stuff them all in a shoebox somewhere...sounds like they will have to manually re-create that data.