Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Bottom line, if something happened involving one of these airmen and it came out that the FAA knew or suspected their certification was questionable, the lawyers would have a field day. And some politicians.
Also, I'll say this... it's sounds like this guy was Santa-for-Hire. I'd imagine at least of some of these cert holders may have known, or should have suspected, they were taking a shortcut.
From what I read he pushed some through without doing the test at all. Even a private pilot would know that’s not the way this works. I agree if you have a private and you take an additional check ride and do like two areas in the ACS or PTS then you know your getting off easy.