article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Just before writing this column, I reached into the depths of my wallet, and in between the pilot licenses, I slid out a postage stamp-size certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration.
article_snippet.sent: a postage stamp-size certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration documents my successful completion of the DC Special Flight Rules Area, or SFRA, online course.
article_snippet.sent: The online course verifies that I am knowledgeable to fly a plane under visual flight rules into the most highly restricted U.S. airspace in the country.
article_snippet.sent: Why do I carry the certificate as an airline pilot?