Originally Posted by
JohnBurke
This is most definitely NOT the case. The warning letter is an administrative action, one step shy of a violation, and is placed in the pilot's record, fully reportable for a period of two years. It is NOT confidential, and it will be viewed when FAA records are requested as part of the prior records improvement act process.
This is not true.
Perhaps you are confusing PRIA with FOI. I've seen plenty of PRIA letters.
Also, it's the "Pilot's Records Improvement Act".
John, if you have such egregious things happening against you without merit, you need to seek a lawyer. You're turning into a tin-foil hat. No doubt, things happened and there's a small percentage of bad pilots and individuals in every profession out there, but they are not all out "to get you". Frankly, the less time I can spend on pilot deviations or similar matters, the better. What incentive could there possibly be to act otherwise? I know of none. The FAA conducts their actions according to orders, if a lawyer doesn't know this, they aren't worth the money you are paying them. In addition to PRIA records checks, I've also witnessed letters expunged because they passed the 2 year mark. Letter was in database one day, gone the next. You may be thinking of suspensions and revocations, which was taken out of the FAAs hands by congress unfortunately.
There is an advisory circular all about PRIA. I highly recommend
carefully reading it to any pilot.