Hi All,
Since I have joined as an active member I have been putting all of my questions here forgive me if this is not the correct forum for this. Also if I do not lay out everything clearly in this first post I will certainly elaborate, I’m just a little out of sorts about this whole thing. Thanks all for all of your help and advice thus far, I came here because I know that there are people who know about a wide variety of issues. Also I made a few disclaimers so that none of this is taken in the wrong way
So this is an issue which is causing no end of distress I intend to retain the services of an attorney (which I cannot afford) but I wanted to throw this out there and find out if I am completely sc---ed. This is not something I intended but I want to correct this situation no matter the consequences. I am in no way asking for legal advice and will not take any post as a legal answer. I bolded that so that it is understood that I am simply asking for feedback and am not putting anyone in a bad position
To make a long story short when I had first started training the TSA asked if I was ever committed of a crime or something along that line. I sent the specific question to my attorney and he said that I can properly answer no as I had not been convicted of a "crime" but a violation (I don't know the exact legal definition it is considered a disorderly conduct or something)
Now here’s where my stupidity comes in and I have spent plenty of time beating myself up about. As I was studying for some CFI prep it hit me that there is a difference in the question asked by the TSA and that on the IACRA. As all of you know on the IACRA and Medical they ask different questions and specifically state "violation of state or federal statute relating to marijuana etc"
I had answered this question no automatically as I was still thinking about the TSA question. I know how unbelievably stupid this was but here I am.
I was convicted of possession of marijuana five years ago when I was younger and dumber. This being the case I should have answered yes on two medical and multiple IACRA forms. The FAA never picked up on it and they issued me my licenses and I went on happily until very recently when I re-read the IACRA question on a hunch and my heart almost stopped beating.
Basically both of my medicals and all of my aviation licenses are predicated on false answers. I am terrified of what the consequences of this may be and I can only pray that they will not take my licenses away but I know that they would be well within their rights to do so.
I am not in anyway trying to be deceptive; I want to be upfront about all of this it is in my nature and would happily submit to any drug tests or anything that I must do. I know I’m getting way ahead of myself but I am in a state of panic.
The positive is that I am being pro-active to correct this error and have postponed my upcoming check ride until this is resolved. I have spoken to some people and they have said that
1.I can do nothing about it since they did not catch it .I understand the logic behind this but it is not in my nature to act this way and I simply want to be upfront and own up to my past. I made mistakes back then but I did not have the drive and passion to be a professional aviator which I do now. I do not want to live in a state of anxiety where the FAA can take my licenses away from me.
The second option which I have heard (though I am sure there are more) which resonates much more cleanly with me is
2. I can write letters to the (I don’t know the terms) but basically medical and licensing divisions of the FAA. I am told that I will be creating a confrontation this way since they have not picked it up and it may be unnecessary etc etc.
I want to go with the latter. I will contact a legal professional but I was hoping that I could get some input from you guys. I do not even want to imagine the FAA taking away my licenses for this error and can only hope that they see that I am trying to correct and not reacting simply because I have been caught. So my questions are.
Have any of you heard of a similar situation and if so can you explain? Do you have any advice for me? Do you have any general suggestion?? How big of a problem have I created for myself in your estimation? And any other input, at all, would be greatly appreciated.
This is, obviously, a cause of great concern. I am truly dedicated to becoming a safe and professional airman. I believe that I have achieved some success and the thought of all of that being taken for my stupidity and failure to correctly cognize a question or in most cases not even really reading it (something which I will never , never do again).
As always any input would be much appreciated especially since this is driving me insane. As I had mentioned earlier I will get the legal answers from a professional I am only asking for a discussion on this topic and understand that it will only be the opinion of those answering. Thank You very much for all the past help and any future input.
Since I have joined as an active member I have been putting all of my questions here forgive me if this is not the correct forum for this. Also if I do not lay out everything clearly in this first post I will certainly elaborate, I’m just a little out of sorts about this whole thing. Thanks all for all of your help and advice thus far, I came here because I know that there are people who know about a wide variety of issues. Also I made a few disclaimers so that none of this is taken in the wrong way
So this is an issue which is causing no end of distress I intend to retain the services of an attorney (which I cannot afford) but I wanted to throw this out there and find out if I am completely sc---ed. This is not something I intended but I want to correct this situation no matter the consequences. I am in no way asking for legal advice and will not take any post as a legal answer. I bolded that so that it is understood that I am simply asking for feedback and am not putting anyone in a bad position
To make a long story short when I had first started training the TSA asked if I was ever committed of a crime or something along that line. I sent the specific question to my attorney and he said that I can properly answer no as I had not been convicted of a "crime" but a violation (I don't know the exact legal definition it is considered a disorderly conduct or something)
Now here’s where my stupidity comes in and I have spent plenty of time beating myself up about. As I was studying for some CFI prep it hit me that there is a difference in the question asked by the TSA and that on the IACRA. As all of you know on the IACRA and Medical they ask different questions and specifically state "violation of state or federal statute relating to marijuana etc"
I had answered this question no automatically as I was still thinking about the TSA question. I know how unbelievably stupid this was but here I am.
I was convicted of possession of marijuana five years ago when I was younger and dumber. This being the case I should have answered yes on two medical and multiple IACRA forms. The FAA never picked up on it and they issued me my licenses and I went on happily until very recently when I re-read the IACRA question on a hunch and my heart almost stopped beating.
Basically both of my medicals and all of my aviation licenses are predicated on false answers. I am terrified of what the consequences of this may be and I can only pray that they will not take my licenses away but I know that they would be well within their rights to do so.
I am not in anyway trying to be deceptive; I want to be upfront about all of this it is in my nature and would happily submit to any drug tests or anything that I must do. I know I’m getting way ahead of myself but I am in a state of panic.
The positive is that I am being pro-active to correct this error and have postponed my upcoming check ride until this is resolved. I have spoken to some people and they have said that
1.I can do nothing about it since they did not catch it .I understand the logic behind this but it is not in my nature to act this way and I simply want to be upfront and own up to my past. I made mistakes back then but I did not have the drive and passion to be a professional aviator which I do now. I do not want to live in a state of anxiety where the FAA can take my licenses away from me.
The second option which I have heard (though I am sure there are more) which resonates much more cleanly with me is
2. I can write letters to the (I don’t know the terms) but basically medical and licensing divisions of the FAA. I am told that I will be creating a confrontation this way since they have not picked it up and it may be unnecessary etc etc.
I want to go with the latter. I will contact a legal professional but I was hoping that I could get some input from you guys. I do not even want to imagine the FAA taking away my licenses for this error and can only hope that they see that I am trying to correct and not reacting simply because I have been caught. So my questions are.
Have any of you heard of a similar situation and if so can you explain? Do you have any advice for me? Do you have any general suggestion?? How big of a problem have I created for myself in your estimation? And any other input, at all, would be greatly appreciated.
This is, obviously, a cause of great concern. I am truly dedicated to becoming a safe and professional airman. I believe that I have achieved some success and the thought of all of that being taken for my stupidity and failure to correctly cognize a question or in most cases not even really reading it (something which I will never , never do again).
As always any input would be much appreciated especially since this is driving me insane. As I had mentioned earlier I will get the legal answers from a professional I am only asking for a discussion on this topic and understand that it will only be the opinion of those answering. Thank You very much for all the past help and any future input.
