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It's my understanding that there is a significant minority of pilots flying in Alaska with no ratings whatsoever with the over/under gamble of penalties being far less than the cost of getting certificated.
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Maybe, maybe not. I've known several folks who flew without licenses including two that owned their own small planes and had been flying for years. Yes, a bit different than a jet (neither was anywhere near as rich as Musk either) and probably not as common as it used to be.
What happens when the airplane police pull you over without a license?
They issue one once you've convinced them that you intend to continue flying.
Don't crash into anything expensive. Don't kill anyone. Those are the rules.
It's my understanding that there is a significant minority of pilots flying in Alaska with no ratings whatsoever with the over/under gamble of penalties being far less than the cost of getting certificated.
We have had a few in Missouri. One from Salem flew his Tri Pacer to Alaska, and then to Russia, causing a minor incident. He was issued a private pilot license after he flew through the Lambert airport traffic area and got caught. He did listen to the FSDO guy read him the written test questions, and then the answers. I knew both of them, and know this to be fact. The fellow from Salem was a posse comitatus type, and he was serious about that, the entrance to his scrap yard had a big sign warning any government employee about entering.
What is the penalty for flying without a license or medical certificate? Revocation of nothing. The insurance companies are more powerful influence and deterrent to those of us that are tempted fly anyway, including under sport pilot rules which most people should read a little closer.
Here's one of the stories about him -
http://www.thesalemnewsonline.com/news/article_21637d92-5bab-11e5-9d87-031c58815264.html
One of his passengers broke a leg, I don't recall if it was Wisdom or Null, I think it was Wisdom. Anyway, that passenger defended Schwartz as a skilled pilot at a Missouri Pilot Association meeting where Frankie gigged the FSDO employee and an FAA attorney hard during his telling of the story.
How about this one? (I had forgotten the story about paying taxes with cash.)
http://www.thesalemnewsonline.com/news/local_news/article_7209894c-c733-11e4-b840-cbd82a3305a4.html