Originally Posted by firefighterplt

Buddy’s dad was an A-10 driver way back in the day. Got his AMEL and MEI through mil equivalency. FSDO told him the A-10 wasn’t center thrust, and OKC never kicked it back. Cool. He went on to teach dozens of guys how to fly piston twins over the years.

Way down the road, the FAA figured out that he shouldn’t have been given the unrestricted AMEL and corresponding MEI because the jet was then considered center thrust. Threatened to pull his ME ratings and the ME ratings of every student he taught. The FAA claimed that none of their dual received was valid.

My memory on the details is foggy, but if I remember correctly, he fought for the students—basically if the training wasn’t up to par, how did they pass the ride with the DPE? I believe they ended up either leaving the students alone or having them re-test, and he surrendered his MEI.