§46317 Criminal Penalty for Pilots Operating in Air Transportation Without an Airman’s Certificate

Summary

You can be fined under Title 18, jailed for up to 3 years, or both if you knowingly act as a pilot in air transportation without a pilot’s certificate that lets you do that, or if you knowingly hire or use someone as a pilot in air transportation who does not have the required certificate. If the conduct is tied to moving or helping move a controlled substance (as defined in 21 U.S.C. 802), and the drug offense is punishable by death or more than 1 year in prison under federal or state law (or is related to such an offense except simple possession as in section 46306(c)), the penalty rises to a fine under Title 18, up to 5 years in prison, or both. Any prison time under this drug-related rule must be served in addition to, not at the same time as, other prison terms.