Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Is the equipment that precise? I thought it couldn't reliably detect much below 0.02?
Article says this happened on Sunday and the guy got a six month suspended prison sentence and license revoked (not sure what license France can revoke). That was fast...
France cannot revoke an FAA license but they can ban him from exercising his license in France and probably any EASA airspace.
a little inaccurate reporting but the net effect is the same for flying in Europe