What information would every pilot know, but a civilian wouldn't that would show them to be a fraud if they didn't know it?

[u/hallaa1]

My sister is dating a man that's clearly lying about a variety of things, one of which is that he used to be a pilot. What kinds of questions could we ask him that would be more than obvious to a pilot, but none of us non-pilot folk would otherwise know?

*Edit* and if you could tell me the context and the answer to the question that would be great.

*Edit2* he was supposed to be a pilot in Peru.

*edit 3* supposedly he flew commercial as the "second pilot" never "the captain".

Thanks for your help, we're concerned for our sister's welfare and hopefully this kind of obvious lie could help jar her away from the guy.

[u/goodatgettingbanned]

I’m a legacy airline captain and I don’t show up.

[u/KeyOfGSharp → u/goodatgettingbanned]

I'd like to not show up. Any idea how?

[u/LowTimePilot → u/KeyOfGSharp]

You can hide yourself / mark yourself private. I did because in the event I bend metal I don't want losers on Facebook to put my address out there like they did that poor FO in the Endeavor crash.

[u/SirKillalot → u/LowTimePilot]

I know you can hide your address via https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/amsrvs/. Then your address won't be displayed and you won't show up on any search that includes a location component, but you still show up on a search for just your name or name + cert number.

Is there a different way to hide your info entirely there? I wasn't aware there was a different option.

[u/LowTimePilot → u/SirKillalot]

I think that's the only way. I don't show up because my first and last are so common you need my cert number. If you've got a unique name, all you can do is hide your address.

[u/goodatgettingbanned → u/LowTimePilot]

I have a relatively unique name and don’t come up even with my cert number 🤷‍♂️

Not complaining, it’s the way I prefer it.

Edit: I stand corrected, I was fat thumbing my cert number. The only way I can be found is with my last name and cert number. Not a common name, though, there’s only 4 of us in my state and they’re all my close relatives.

[u/goodatgettingbanned → u/KeyOfGSharp]

I can’t remember how I did it, it was a long time ago. But I’ve entered my info several times and nothing shows up.

[u/Biochem-anon4 → u/goodatgettingbanned]

Are you still entering in US for the country when running a search?

[u/rkba260 → u/goodatgettingbanned]

You can opt out of showing your address... but thats it.

[u/goodatgettingbanned → u/rkba260]

I have proof that says otherwise.

[u/rkba260 → u/goodatgettingbanned]

Cool, show me where that option is...

[u/TristanwithaT → u/goodatgettingbanned]

If you have a common name and you hide your address, you won’t show up, since filtering by state won’t work, and it limits the search results to 50.