Originally Posted by
jedinein
It's ten days for ASRS, and yes the FAA can touch you: Remedial Training, 709 ride, administrative letter of warning, administrative letter of correction, and a few others. They can even demand to revoke your certificate, which the sentence will be listed in your records, but will not require the actual surrender of the certificates due to the penalty waiver. It's a get-out-of-jail-almost-free program.
Correct. They can still investigate and violate, but any punishment is suspended (a 709 is not technically "punishment"). It all still goes on your record.