(Malcolm Teas) wrote in message . com...
From a posting about 6/21 at Mojave's Scaled Composites Space Ship One
launch event:

There will be a press conference 2 hours after the flight, at which
time the FAA will award the first ever Commercial Pilot's License
with Astronaut rating.

Is this a new precedent that the FAA is establishing? Will they award
me a commercial, multi-engine instrument seaplane rating AFTER I
complete my first flight in one (and I don't even have to bother with
a checkride)?