Originally Posted by
duckhntr
Understood... but what are the consequences when someone discovers that they made a mistake and own up to it by notifying the FAA on their own. By approaching the FAA, is certificate action still very likely? Even when a pilot reports that an error was not intentional and pleas for forgiveness?
IMHO, it's subjective. Given that the "situation" or "issue" went unreported, they, the (FAA) may just do a full blown investigation into your past w/o you ever being aware that they are. If anything comes up, your new name will be...OVER. That ship will have sailed.
atp