Medical Requirement Update

[dick b]

What is the latest information on status of request to the FAA for deleting the requirement for a third class medical? Is any kind of timeline expected or proposed?

Dick B

[Hal Bryan]

Here's the most recent update, published last month:

http://eaa.org/news/2013/2013-01-10_...on-request.asp

[kscessnadriver]

Why does EAA and AOPA keep posting this as if it's going to happen. Aeromedical has said it is opposed to it, and as such, probably will not happen. Why the false advertising?

[WLIU]

Has FAA Aeromedical officially opposed the current proposal/petition? Is there a pointer or reference to a memo or input?

Thanks,

Wes
N78PS

[kscessnadriver]

Has FAA Aeromedical officially opposed the current proposal/petition? Is there a pointer or reference to a memo or input?

Thanks,

Wes
N78PS

Doc Bruce over on the AOPA forums, who is a very prominent AME who does lots of great work for SI's, has basically said that aeromedical has zero intention of letting the requirement for a medical go away.

I feel like that's great news. There is no reason to go against ICAO and potentially end up with a bunch of pilot certificates that aren't internationally recognized.

[martymayes]

Has FAA Aeromedical officially opposed the current proposal/petition?

The official answer to that is NO.


However, reputable word on the street is that at the end of the review it will be stamped "FAA REJECTS PROPOSAL"

[WLIU]

Interesting comment on ICAO. I do not see the issue as the requirement would simply be that to fly in another country on a US pilot certificate it must be accompanied by a US FAA Medical Certificate. I don't think that AME's will go out of business so pilots who need to can get medical certificates.

As for the FAA medical branch resisting, I suspect that like most things involving the FAA, AOPA and EAA will simply refile with yet another batch of data. Its what the members want and when dealing with the government, you can not be successful if you take NO for an answer. Its a game of last man standing....

Thanks for the info.

Wes
N78PS

[dewi8095]

The official answer to that is NO.


However, reputable word on the street is that at the end of the review it will be stamped "FAA REJECTS PROPOSAL"

If the FAA is going to reject the proposal outright, why should it delay? I think that the pending governmental budget crisis is influencing the final decision to some extent. Unloading the cost for processing a sizable portion of medical certificates would save the agency a bundle.

Don

[JimRice85]

Very well stated, Wes. Unfortunately, I see KSCessnadriver doesn't mesh any better here than on other aviation boards. Too bad.

[JimRice85]

At 24 years old, KSCessnadriver is just smarter than everyone else.

I'm sure still doesn't yet fully realize his parents are the complete idiots he once thought either. That's okay. They will get smarter as he ages.