captjyns:
How about if one is labeled as an unprofessional professional pilot
You raise a very interesting point. It is certainly one that has engaged me since becoming a PPRuNe member. I am a retired ex military and civil pilot, but have posted predominantly on the military forum. That is because of the numerous threads there relating to fatal airworthiness related military air accidents (Sea King, Chinook, Hercules, Nimrod, Tornado, etc). Despite the revelation that the Airworthiness Authority (aka the MOD) has issued Controller Aircraft Release to at least one knowingly Grossly Unairworthy type which has in turn been granted a Release to Service into the Royal Air Force, little or no reaction has followed from "Professional" aviators, pilots or otherwise. That particular type suffered a fatal air accident within months, killing 29 with no survivors. The Accident Inquiry, conducted by the operator, ignored airworthiness as a probable cause, and upon review the pilots were found to be Grossly Negligent. 17 years later this "Finding" has at last been quashed. Airworthiness though has still not been questioned as a possible cause. A system where Authority, Investigator, and Operator are one and the same would seem to be a nonsense, and a dangerous nonsense at that. That system remains in place, but is of little concern to the "professionals" it would seem. To answer the OP's question; who knows, and what difference does it make anyway?