Originally Posted by
Meow1215
Your severely overestimating to the clearing of red tape that the bureaucracy known as the United States Federal Government is riddled with. Again, even if all the stars aligned and you found the right airplane - how is a "meow" on 121.5 considered a criminal act? That would never hold up, it appears these days actual felonies can't hold up in court. On their worst day, the Meower is looking at a civil penalty.
They woudn't go to the trouble just for a slap on the wrist. If (and it's a big if) they decided to go to the trouble to address this they would determine what they needed to do to make the max impact (ie send the message). They obviously cannot infract every violator, so they would would want to make one, or perhaps a couple, of very big examples.
Likely it would be something like criminal charges, then a plea deal to surrender all FAA and FCC certs. First time offender wouldn't be going to jail, but nobody wants a federal conviction for anything either.