I have been working feverishly over my Part 107 study materials in an effort to become certified for commercial endeavors. I am over half way finished with my training. It is really easy because I was a private pilot with an instrument rating about 10 years ago. I was on-line, researching a couple of questions I had when I inadvertently stumbled onto the FAA site that listed what you had to do to get your remote pilot certificate and I saw that after you pass the written test, you must submit to a TSA background check. My heart just sank when I read this because last year I applied for FAA Global Entry but was denied. Apparently, I was rejected because of a couple misdemeanor offenses that I had 30 years ago! Yes, I was young and dumb then but I got my life together and have been a model citizen ever since. Does anyone know if the criteria for getting your Part 107 Cert is the same as the criteria for Global Entry? I'm just afraid I'm going to all this work for nothing. Looks like they are going to tell me that I'm ok to fly a small plane but not clean enough to fly a drone and take some pictures. Any insight you might have would be greatly appreciated.