If you're responding to my post, I never said AMA numbers are publicly searchable. However, you can validate based on last name and AMA number on the AMA website.

The search criteria for the FAA registration DB has yet to be specified. All I've heard so far is you can search on registration ID. I have not yet seen anything confirming you can search on other criteria (e.g., name, address, city, zip, etc.) Of course, nothing in the FAA registration process is SPI either.

Of course, all this concern over non-SPI information makes me wonder if some folks ever used a phone book.