"Dennis O'Connor" wrote in message
...
Certification of airmen IS reserved to the federal government as a matter
of
settled case law - the idiot actions of various councilmen not
withstanding...
Other issues such as training schools having to do fingerprints,
background
checks, etc., per state law are currently in litigation, but so far the
rulings are favoring the federal preemption - Michigan, et. al.

I believe the Michigan nonsense eventually got buried next to Jimmy Hoffa.