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His dudeness
No experience with the FAA database whatsoever, how often/quickly is the database updated ? Suppose the dude was on the sim, say 3 weeks ago, would that be shown in the DB already ?
Do not know how quickly or often the DB may be updated.
I would hope that he had completed a type course and the info is old. Same for the private pilot, non instrument rated copilot.
Follow up. According to the FAA, they are updated monthly.
https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certifi...rmen_download/
" We update these files monthly. The records in each database file are stored in either fixed length ASCII text format (TXT) or comma-delimited text format (CSV) which is already separated into airmen basic records and certificate records. Both formats can be manipulated by common database applications such as MS Access. "