[ElephantinTexas]

Looks like some more interesting info on our little buddy Hameed. I know that Gujrat is in Pakistan but all of the aviation info is Greek to me. Here's the link-
http://www.oec.gov.pk/CV.asp?CVID=3540&PID=P0059&SkillLevel=&UserID=

[conservative in nyc]

I think that's just his Pakistani pilots certificate, if it's the same Hammeed Afzal. Sounds like he worked as an airplane mechanic when he did his service in the Pakistani Air Force (I'm assuming that's what PAF means). I say "if" it's the same Hameed Afzal because the date of birth listed on that form is 4/7/63, which would have made him only 17 when Texas records show a marriage to Alyce Taylor. I doubt he would have graduated from aeronautical school by 17.

I don't think we have any proof that Hameed Afzal or his wife have done anything nefarious here. All we know is that they own a flight school and rented their plane to someone involved in smuggling illegal Chinese immigrants. The flight school was one of four that a convicted terrorist used to learn to fly. But if merely renting a mode of transportation to a drug trafficker or coyote or teaching a criminal to move a vehicle were a crime, Hertz, Avis and every driving school in the country would long be out of business. Hameed seems to be cooperating with the FBI and media. He hasn't been arrested or charged with anything.

I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. And I'm sure the FBI is constantly monitoring his and other flight schools for suspicious activity, anyway.